Former Paterson, NJ mayor Jose “Joey” Torres was charged with criminal contempt for launching another mayoral campaign, violating a court order stemming from a 2017 corruption conviction, officials announced Friday.
“State law provides that any person convicted of a crime involving their public office will be forever barred from holding another public position in New Jersey,” said New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin“To promote public trust and integrity in government, we must ensure that this law and the court orders issued to implement it are rigorously enforced.”
As part of the 2017 guilty plea, the former mayor was barred by state law from holding office, officials said. Despite that, Torres another mayoral run last fall and formally announced his campaign on February 12th, officials said. On March 4, Torres showed up at City Hall to submit signatures to make it onto the ballot, but was turned away, the
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