The man's uncle is running for mayor of Edison Township on Tuesday.
Rajendra Joshi of Edison was served with a complaint-summons and charged with one count of disorderly persons theft by unlawful taking, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
In a Facebook post, Keith Hahn – the Republican candidate for mayor of Edison – identified Rajendra Joshi as the uncle of his Nov. 2 opponent, Democratic mayoral candidate Sam Joshi.
An investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office found that on Thursday, Joshi removed a campaign sign from the lawn of a residence on Dolores Drive without receiving permission of the owner to do so, Ciccone said.
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