MEC&F Expert Engineers : And The More Corrupt County of New Jersey is: Passaic County: Corrupt Prosecutors, Corrupt Sheriffs, Corrupt Judges Wreak Havoc in Passaic County

And The More Corrupt County of New Jersey is: Passaic County

Passaic mayor admits taking $110,000 in corrupt payments from developers

NEWARK, NJ – The mayor of the City of Passaic today admitted taking $110,000 in corrupt payments from developers doing business in the city, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Alex D. Blanco, 44, of Passaic, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of soliciting and accepting corrupt payments in connection with City of Passaic business.

“The conduct admitted by Mayor Blanco demonstrates an aggressive and appalling greed,” U.S. Attorney Fishman said. “By soliciting these payments from developers, he took for himself federal money that was intended to help provide housing for the city’s poorest residents. We expect our public officials to behave differently.”

“Public corruption is one of the FBI's top priorities,” Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher of the FBI Newark Division said. “Today's guilty plea by Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco is indicative of how diligently the FBI and our law enforcement partners work corruption matters. We will continue to investigate allegations of public corruption thoroughly to ensure any person who misuses their public office for private gain is held accountable.”

“The mayor’s guilty plea is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our special agents and their law enforcement colleagues - job well done,” Special Agent in Charge Terence S. Opiola, Homeland Security Investigations, Newark Field office, said.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: From 2010 through 2012, two developers were seeking to build eight low-income residential units on property they owned in Passaic. After the Passaic City Council and the Passaic Zoning Board of Adjustment granted approval, Blanco – who has been mayor since November 2008 – had an intermediary approach the developers in July 2011. The developers were told they were expected to provide a sizable payment to the mayor to ensure that the project would proceed.

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February 4, 2019

William T. Walsh

Clerk, United States District Court

District of New Jersey

M.L. King, Jr. Federal Building & U.S. Court House

50 Walnut Street

Room 4015

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Tel.: 973-645-3730

THE HONORABLE JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ

United States District Judge

Lautenberg U.S. Post Office & Courthouse

2 Federal Square, Room 417

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Tel.: 973-297-4851/973-645-2157(Deputy Clerk)

RE: Civil Action No. 02:12-cv-01793 (JMV-JBC)

JURY FOUND STEPHANATOS NOT-GUILTY

Dear Judge Vazquez:

I am writing to inform the Court that a Bergen County jury of my peers has found me not guilty of all the fabricated charges by Defendants Ronald A. Lucas, Victor D’Agostino that somehow I had pointed a gun at the officers on June 28, 2011. This was a not-guilty verdict on all four (4) very serious charges on the fraudulently obtained indictment in September 2011.

THE OFFICERS MADE NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL CONTRADICTING AND UNCORROBORATED STATEMENTS DURING THEIR TESTIMONY EVIDENCING FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE AND CONSPIRACY TO PROSECUTE MALICIOUSLY

During their January 29, 2019 testimony (both direct and cross) Defendants Lucas and D’Agostino made a very significant number of additional contradicting and uncorroborated statements; this led to the non-guilty verdict.

Importantly, the sheriff officers testified under oath that they failed to “knock and announce” prior to performing a search of my home.

The numerous contradicting statements of the sheriff officers provide further proofs that they fabricated their charges against Dr. Stephanatos.

I will submit the additional evidence to this Court only if and when you order me to do so.

THE PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR PROVIDED “SMOKING GUN” EVIDENCE AGAINST ROBERT DEL VECCHIO

On January 23, 2019, as part of the pre-trial discovery, the Passaic County prosecutor, Mr. Stephen Bollenbach, provided me with several handwritten pages prepared by Defendant Robert Del Vecchio in May 2011. The newly discovered pages show that Defendant Del Vecchio faxed letters to the Passaic County Sheriff stating that Stephanatos was a “dangerous Deft” and that Stephanatos had threatened him on May 24, 2011. All these written statements by Defendant Del Vecchio were fabricated by him to prejudice the Passaic County Sheriff against Stephanatos and to force Stephanatos out of his home using the void ab initio ex-parte writ of possession.

Judge Guida, the presiding judge over the criminal proceedings, ruled that Dr. Stephanatos did not threatened conspirator Del Vecchio with any physical violence and he only warned Del Vecchio of legal action.

I will submit the newly discovered additional evidence to this Court only if and when you order me to do so.

THE MALICIOUS PROSECUTION CLAIM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THIS COURT ONLY WHEN ORDERED TO DO SO

I am also writing to inform the Court that I will be filing a claim of malicious prosecution with this or another federal court. This claim is based on the Fourth Amendment and it is timely, as the criminal proceedings ended in my favor on February 4, 2019. The Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim is a tort action brought in civil court to recover money damages for the harm suffered from the malicious claim. I will seek to recover money from the Defendants for the various costs associated with having to defend against the baseless and vexatious charges. The damages will include the cost of making a $300,000 cash bond, attorney fees, and economic harm from being wrongfully incarcerated and not being able to find employment or pursue my law license as a result of the pending charges for the last 8 years. I will also seek to recover money for the emotional distress associated with being jailed and wrongfully prosecuted for the last 8 years by the Passaic County sheriff and the Defendant officers and for the malicious statements made by Defendant Robert Del Vecchio to the sheriff, damaging my good standing and reputation in the community for the last 8 years.

A FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE STAND-ALONE CLAIM ALSO EXISTS UNDER SECTION 1983 FOR FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE

Pursuant to Halsey v. Pfeiffer, 750 F.3d 273 (3d Cir. 2014), a court should not foreclose a Fourteenth Amendment stand-alone claim for fabrication of evidence even if a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim fails (for example) because of the existence of probable cause even without the fabricated evidence. Such a claim is available even if the criminal defendant is acquitted, “if there is a reasonable likelihood that, absent the fabricated evidence, the defendant would not have been criminally charged.” Black v. Montgomery County, 835 F.3d 358, 370 (3d Cir. 2016). In Michele Black v. County of Montgomery, No. 15-3399 (3d Cir. 2016) where the Third Circuit ruled that “an acquitted criminal defendant may have a stand-alone fabricated evidence claim against state actors under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if there is a reasonable likelihood that, absent that fabricated evidence, the defendant would not have been criminally charged.” This fabrication of evidence claim has already been filed with the Court in October 2018.

Based on evidence discovered during the trial, Stephanatos has additional claims against the Passaic County Sheriff.

1. A §1983 CLAIM FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN, SUPERVISE AND CONTROL OFFICERS (AGAINST THE PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT);

2. A STATE LAW TORT CLAIM FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY TRAIN, SUPERVISE AND CONTROL OFFICERS (AGAINST THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT);

3. A §1983 CLAIM FOR FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE (AGAINST THE PASSAIC COUNTY DEFENDANTS)

I will submit the malicious prosecution claim and the failure to investigate, train and supervise the sheriff officers, including the newly-obtained discovery and trial testimonies, to this Court only if and when you order me to do so.

Respectfully submitted,

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Basilis N. Stephanatos, PhD, JD

PS.: I had the duty to report to this Court the results of the criminal proceedings and the availability of newly discovered evidence to correct manifest error of law or fact. Please do not consider this letter as a violation of a standing court order regarding the submission of documents to the Court.

CERTIFICATION OF BASILIS N. STEPHANATOS

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment. NJ Court Rule R. 1:4-4(b); 28 U.S.C. §1746.

DATE: February 12, 2019

Respectfully Submitted,

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Basilis N. Stephanatos, PhD, PE, JD

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And The More Corrupt County of New Jersey is: Passaic County

Incidences of unlawful acts committed by Wayne Township, Passaic County Employees

The unlawful acts of Wayne Township employees are also evidenced by the number of illegal activities committed by its employees over the years.

For example, in September 2009, the former Township Attorney Mark J. Semeraro was arrested and charged with violating a restraining order. He then was forced to resign from his position.

In September 2011, Jerry Bello resigned from the Wayne township Environmental Commission after it was discovered that he had been appointed to the board despite his criminal record. Bello had been convicted in 1994 of extorting $2,000 from a small-business owner who applied for a loan from Paterson’s Economic Development Corporation. Bello’s wife, Nadine Bello in fact was serving on the Municipal Council, the very entity that was aware that the Township Assessor over-assesses the properties. Nadine Bello never indicated that her husband was a convicted felon. Mayor Vergano was aware or should have been aware of the felony convictions of Bello and he, in fact, re-appointed Bello to the Environmental Commission.

In 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice begun its investigation of Wayne Township, New Jersey. Wayne Township had delayed a mosque's building permits for several years, and then tried to use its eminent domain power to seize the land to leave it undeveloped. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in 2007 filed a brief with the federal district court arguing that RLUIPA applied to the case. The court agreed, leading to a settlement between the mosque and the township.

Paul C. Cavaliere Jr., a former township attorney, who in 1994 was sentenced to six months in jail, pleaded guilty to federal bribery and tax-evasion charges in one of New Jersey's worst cases of municipal corruption. The once-prominent lawyer was one of six onetime officials and four developers to be implicated in Messercola's scheme to extract illegal payoffs for development approvals. Cavaliere admitted helping former Mayor Louis V. Messercola disguise a $273,000 bribe as a real estate commission, keeping part of the bribe but giving Messercola the largest share.

Federal agents arrested Messercola in June 1988. The former mayor pleaded guilty to extorting $50,000 from a developer and was sentenced to 33 months in prison, then was sentenced to an additional 15 months upon admitting to his role in the $273,000 bribe scheme.

Ex-Council Candidate Arraigned on Theft Charge

Arlene Marchese and another woman allegedly stole more than $200K in insurance payments.

A one-time candidate for local office pleaded not guilty to theft in State Superior Court Monday, NorthJersey.com reported.

Arlene Marchese, 34, and Karen Wright, 42, of Wyckoff, were arraigned on charges they diverted more than $200,000 in insurance payments into their own private accounts. They were originally charged Sept. 26, the website reported.

Marchese was a Democratic candidate in 2011 for the 2nd Ward council seat. Wayne Democratic Chairman Ray Egatz replaced her for unspecified reasons.

Marchese’s phone number was not listed.

Both women face up to 10 years in state prison if convicted on the charges, NorthJersey.com reported. They are scheduled to return before Judge Gooden Brown for a status conference Feb. 4.

Unlawful Activities by Passaic County Sheriff Employees

In May 2012, Passaic County Sheriff’s Officer Rafael “Rae” Galan was indicted Tuesday on charges that he threatened a former colleague who had accused him of corruption.

Last year, The Star-Ledger published Galan’s name and photo in a three-part series about the widespread use of anabolic steroids in law enforcement. The newspaper found he was one of 248 officers and firefighters who obtained steroids, human growth hormone and other drugs with the aid of a crooked Jersey City physician, Joseph Colao.

The newspaper’s figure was based on records from a single mail-order pharmacy in Brooklyn. Colao, who died in 2007, is believed to have prescribed the drugs to hundreds of other officers and firefighters through pharmacies in New Jersey.

While anabolic steroids are legal with a valid prescription, The Star-Ledger found Colao routinely prescribed them when they were not medically necessary. Moreover, the officers used their government benefits to pay for the drugs, costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

In 2010, a records clerk at the county jail who is the former president of the clerical union at the Passaic County Sheriff's Department was arrested for stealing more than $23,000 in union funds, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. Valerie Jacalone, 53, of Passaic was taken into custody after reporting to work Tuesday at the county jail. She served as union president from July 2008 to July 2010 and is the daughter of Victor Jacalone, the former police chief for the City of Passaic, according to the report

Sheriff's Officer From Wayne, NJ Accused of Sex Abuse of Girls

In October 2012, Thomas Ingham charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. A long-serving Essex County Sheriff’s Officer from Wayne was charged Thursday with sexually abusing two juvenile girls, NorthJersey.com reported. Thomas Ingham, 48, an Essex County sheriff’s officer, was charged with sexually assaulting one girl and endangering the welfare of another. The girls reported the allegations to Wayne Police July 19, the website reported.

FREEHOLD, October 12, 2012 — A central New Jersey police detective will give up his job after admitting that he requested sexual favors from a woman he had arrested late last year.

According to reports 33-year-old Philip Emanuele, a Brick Township resident who served with the Eatontown police force for the past eight years, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of criminal coercion and tampering with physical evidence.

Besides forfeiting his job, Emanuele is expected to get a probationary sentence when he's sentenced later this year. In return for his plea, Monmouth County prosecutors dropped two counts of official misconduct and one count of sexual assault.

Emanuele, a married father of two, sought the favors from the woman, who is in her 20s, after arresting her on a theft charge in December.

N.J. undersheriff who used county-owned generator for personal use resigns

GREEN — A Sussex County sheriff’s officer resigned this week after he was caught using a county-owned generator to provide power to his house, Sheriff Mike Strada said today.

Undersheriff George DeOld lost power at his home on Hibler Road in Green Township during Hurricane Sandy and had another sheriff’s officer deliver one of two emergency generators owned by the sheriff’s office to his home on Friday morning, Strada said.

A resident noticed the generator being delivered and sheriff’s officers recovered it from DeOld’s home a short time later, Strada said.

"It was an unfortunate incident and he has taken responsibility for his actions. He made the right choice by resigning," he said.

By using the county-owned generator for his personal use, DeOld violated an internal office regulation. Criminal charges will not be filed, Strada said. He declined to identify the officer who delivered the generator to DeOld’s home.

DeOld, who joined the sheriff’s office last year, was one of three undersheriffs in the 135-member office, serving as administrative undersheriff. He earned $97,000 annually.

He was a member of the Paterson Police Department from 1971 and 1998 and was later employed by the state Department of Treasury and the state Department of Community Affairs. In addition to his salary from the sheriff’s office, DeOld was collecting a $66,000 annual state pension from his previous positions.

Strada said the resignation would not affect DeOld’s pension status.

"It was wrong and he admitted it," the sheriff said, declining further comment.

A call to the county prosecutor’s office was not immediately returned.

A woman who answered the phone at DeOld’s home said "no comment" and immediately hung up.

A woman who answered the phone at DeOld’s home said “no comment” and immediately hung up the phone.

Unlawful Activities by Other New Jersey Officials

Nicholas Bissell was the District Attorney in Somerset County New Jersey. On Friday, May 31, 1996, he was convicted on all 30 counts of his federal indictment, two of the counts involving official misconduct in relation to the forfeiture of property from James Giuffre.

The charges against Bissell included a wide variety of fraud, as well as professional misconduct and corruption and threatening to have cocaine planted in the car of man with whom he had an argument.

Bissell was also convicted on both counts of the official misconduct charges involving forfeiture victim James Giuffre. Bissell was convicted of committing perjury in the separate civil suit filed against him by Giuffre, and of ordering subordinates to destroy Giuffre's written request for a lawyer.

On November 13, Nicholas Bissell, former D.A. of Somerset County, N.J., was scheduled to be sentenced on 30-counts of his federal indictment, 3 of the counts growing out of his official corruption in the handling of James Giuffre's forfeiture case. His sentencing was postponed.

On Monday, November 18, 1996, Bissell removed his electronic ankle bracelet and became a fugitive from justice. Authorities conducted a nationwide man hunt, and tracked him down to a casino hotel room in Laughlin, Nevada. At around 1:30 on Tuesday, November 26, U.S. Marshalls surrounded the room and tried to persuade Bissell to surrender. Bissell put a gun in his mouth and shot himself to death.

Trenton of Mayor Corruption

In July 2012, FBI agents staged a middle-of-the-night raid Wednesday at the home of Trenton's mayor, whose administration of the state's impoverished capital city has been marked by accusations of cronyism and reckless spending. They also searched the home of his brother and a convicted sex offender who was one of his biggest early campaign donors. Later, the federal officials charged the Mayor and other accomplishes with a number of corruption crimes.

The mayor of neighboring Hamilton Township, New Jersey's largest suburb, also is the target of federal investigators. Mayor John Bencivengo, a Republican, pleaded not guilty in federal court last week to charges of extortion and money laundering.

In September 2012, the U.S. Attorney filed charges against the Trenton Mayor and several accomplishes for corruption.

Toms River School Corruption

In September 2012, Calling it the "worst case of public corruption he has ever seen," a federal judge sentenced the disgraced former superintendent of Toms River Regional, Michael J. Ritacco, to 135 months – just over 11 years – in prison.

"This is the worst case of public corruption I’ve ever seen," Pisano said. Other cases of public corruption are "nickels and dimes compared to this."

Pisano sentenced Ritacco to 135 months on the first count of an indictment, and 60 months on the 19th count. He ruled the sentences will run concurrently.

Ritacco pleaded guilty April 5, 2012 to two of the 27 charges he was facing, and admitted his role in years of corruption at the school district, where as much as $2.5 million in bribes were allegedly passed between Ritacco, insurance brokers and intermediaries.

New Jersey internal records document widespread racial profiling of black and Hispanic motorists

By Fred Mazelis
2 December 2000

The release of 91,000 pages of internal records by the state of New Jersey reveal that a systematic policy of searching cars driven by blacks or Hispanics has been carried out for at least a decade. The statistics show that minority drivers, making up 13 percent of state motorists, accounted for more than 80 percent of those stopped by state troopers.

The mountain of official records constitutes the most damning evidence of crude official racism, fostered or accepted by top state officials of both the Democratic and Republican parties. The state's chief law enforcement officials knew about racial profiling since at least 1989 but refused to admit it until a report was issued in April 1999.

The official records consist of everything from police training manuals to thousands of pages of individual traffic tickets issued by state troopers. They have been compiled in 185 binders as well as on 15 CD-ROMs, which are being distributed to interested parties at a cost of $1,000.

The state police officially prohibited racial profiling, but according to a 1999 memo from Deputy Attorney General Debra Stone, “racial profiling exists as part of the culture.” Stone reported that veteran troopers functioned as “coaches” in showing new troopers how to carry out racial profiling. “Trooper after trooper has testified that coaches taught them how to profile minorities,” Stone wrote. “The coaches also teach this to minority troopers.”

These practices stretched back more than a decade. A 1987 state police training memo listed the following descriptions to assist police in finding possible drug couriers: Colombian males, Hispanic males, a Hispanic male and a black male together, or a Hispanic male and female.

Among the documents released by the state attorney general's office were numerous bitter complaints from motorists who had been stopped and in many cases singled out for abuse and humiliation. State troopers themselves, if they were off duty and were black or Hispanic, were not immune from being pulled over for “DWB”—driving while black. One such officer, a state police sergeant, wrote that he had been stopped 40 times by state troopers while off duty. “There were times when I was the fourth vehicle in a line of five exceeding the speed limit,” he wrote. “I was the only one stopped. It doesn't take long to realize that you (the minority) are the choice of the day.”

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Meet the corrupt and/or incompetent Chancery Judge Margaret Mary McVeigh of Passaic County, New Jersey. She conspired with Robert Del Vecchio, American Tax Funding and other convicted felons to sign off on judgments of possession without having subject matter jurisdiction over land possession issues and without performing any hearings

The corrupt and/or incompetent Chancery Judge Mary Margaret McVeigh of Passaic County, New Jersey. She conspired with Robert Del Vecchio, American Tax Funding and other convicted felons to sign off on judgments of possession without having subject matter jurisdiction over land possession issues and without performing any hearings. Land possession judgments are adjudicated by the Law Division and not by the Chancery Court. She caused millions of dollars in damages by illegally evicting people from their homes; she also violated the anti-eviction act and the summary dispossess act of New Jersey.

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Passaic County Administration Building
401 Grand Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
Main Number: 973-881-4800
Fax: 973-225-0155

Dear Ms. Valdes:

There are news releases in the media that suggest that the Chancery Judge Margaret Mary McVeigh has been issuing or allowing to issue "judgments of possession" and "writs of possession" although she never had subject matter jurisdiction over land possession issues. The Passaic County Sheriff would then execute these void judgments and writs, causing harm and injury to residents of this county.

What is a real explosive bombshell, is the fact that no hearings of land possession were ever held by this Judge. These are some very, very, very, serious, serious, serious allegations.

A judgment is void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when the court has no authority to adjudicate the controversy. See Bank v. Kim, 361 N.J. Super. 331, 339 (App. Div. 2003) (mortgage foreclosure judgment void in violation of bankruptcy automatic stay). Here, the Chancery court had no subject matter jurisdiction over the property possession issue and thus any order issued by that court was void, a legal nullity. Therefore, the sheriff was enforcing a void (and fraudulent as well) court order.

Are you aware of these charges? From what the news reports say, this Judge (Margaret Mary McVeigh) has been refusing to respond. The Sheriff Berdnik also has not been talking and has directed the matter to you.

Perhaps you can shed a light into this situation. Any responses to the subject of illegal or void judgments of possession issued by the Chancery Judge McVeigh without any hearing?

I am attaching some of the news releases, FYI.

I look forward to your reply. This is a very serious matter, as you understand.

Sincerely,

Allison Brown
allisonbrown26@aol.com

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Hon. Judge Margaret Mary McVeigh, P.J.Ch.

Superior Court of New Jersey

Paterson Courthouse

Annex, Room 250

65 Hamilton Street

Paterson, New Jersey 07505-2018

Phone: (973) 247-8168

FAX: (973) 247-8172

Hon. Mary C. Jacobson

Assignment Judge

Mercer County Courthouse

P.O. Box 8068 Trenton, NJ 08650-0068

609-571-4000

Dear Chancery Judge McVeigh and Assignment Judge Jacobson:

I believe that I have given you plenty of time to respond to the VERY SERIOUS CHARGES against you (see attached emails). As of now, you have failed to respond. As you know, when a person has a duty to respond and fails to do so, this silence can be used against that person as evidence of guilt.

All the news reports indicate that because of your recklessness, or incompetency, or even conspiracy, you injured thousands of property owners and that you forced people out of their properties by issuing fraudulent "judgments of possession" without having any subject matter jurisdiction and without performing any hearing or trial and without providing any notice. Even worse, when the shocked property occupant saw the eviction notices and asked for the 6-month stay written in the NJ statutes, you refused to do that and allowed the sheriff to forcefully throw these people onto the street. All that without you having a subject matter jurisdiction and without performing any hearing or fact finding or application of the law to the facts. You are also charged of violating a number of New Jersey Court Rules: see R. 4:6-7, Pressler & Verniero, Current N.J. Court Rules, comment 1 on R. 4:6-7 (2015); 1:13-4. Transfer of Actions, Rule 1:7-4(a). DISGRACEFUL, CORRUPT NEW JERSEY JUDICIARY.

THESE ARE SOME PRETTY SERIOUS, HORRIFIC AND TERRIFYING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST YOU.

How do you respond? The public and the victims await to hear from you. Please do not continue to bring disgrace to the honorable New Jersey Judiciary.

Sincerely,

Emma Rogers
emmarogers456@aol.com

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Office of the Passaic County Sheriff
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900

Dear Sheriff Berdnik/Mr. Maer:

There are some news reports that the Chancery Judge Margaret McVeigh has been issuing judgments of possession without having subject matter jurisdiction and without performing any hearings. The news reports state that the Passaic County Sheriff has been executing orders issued by this judge (Margaret Mary McVeigh), although she had no subject matter jurisdiction over land possession. The land possession is adjudicated in the Law Division, Special Civil Part or regular Law Division.

As you know, at least 20 individuals and entities pleaded guilty to defrauding homeowners using tax foreclosure proceedings. One of the ways to do this was to fool this Judge McVeigh into drafting the "judgments" or "orders". For example, the accusations say that she apparently allowed the issuance of a "Final Judgment" where the following language was inserted by the convicted felon Robert Del Vecchio, American Tax Funding, and others:

“AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the plaintiff dully recover against the said defendant …possession of the premises… and that a Writ of Possession issue thereon”.

This Chancery Court judge had no jurisdiction over the subject matter of land possession. As of today, she has refused to respond as to why did she insert or allowed that language to be inserted into that "final judgment"?

Further accusations are that she never even held any hearing over the land possession issue. Margaret McVeigh just merely allowed that language to be inserted into the text, so that the convicted felon Robert Del Vecchio immediately seizes the property of the land possessor without any due process and in violation of several New Jersey statutes.

From what we understand, you (the Passaic County Sheriff) executed these obviously void and illegal judgments or orders despite the fact they were not issued by the Law Division.

In some cases, you forcibly removed the possessors of the land or tenants and that you did cause damages. You then filed charges against homeowners who would refuse to leave their properties by refusing to obey void judgments or orders from a court that has no subject matter jurisdiction or personal jurisdiction.

How do you respond to such accusations or questions? Didn't you know that only the Law Division has subject matter jurisdiction over property possession? Did you know that land possession judgments/orders issued by a Chancery Court are void and have no legal effect? Did you know that you may be held liable for damages based on the Forceful Entry and Detainer statutes?

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

Emma Rogers
emmarogers456@aol.com

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Dear Judge Margaret McVeigh:

We have uncovered some new HORRIFIC AND TERRIFYING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST YOU. You apparently allowed the issuance of a "Final Judgment" where the following language was inserted by the Plaintiffs (convicted felon Robert Del Vecchio, American Tax Funding, and others):

“AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the plaintiff dully recover against the said defendant …possession of the premises… and that a Writ of Possession issue thereon”.

Of course you had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of land possession. Why did you insert or allowed that language to be inserted into that "final judgment"?

The HORRIFIC AND TERRIFYING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST YOU is that you never even held any hearing over the land possession issue. You just merely allowed that language to be inserted into the text, so that the convicted felon Robert Del Vecchio immediately seizes the property of the land possessor without any due process and in violation of several New Jersey statutes.
They did not follow the Wrongful Entry and Detainer Act and the Anti-Eviction Act, or the Summary Dispossess Act. As a result, they caused millions of dollars in damages by forcibly removing tenants or land possessors without due process.

FYI, subject matter jurisdiction can neither be conferred by agreement of the parties nor waived as a defense, and a court must dismiss the matter if it determines that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction. Macysyn v. Hensler, 329 N.J. Super. 476, 481 (App. Div. 2000) (indicating that such a motion can be made "at any time"); see also R. 4:6-7; Pressler & Verniero, Current N.J. Court Rules, comment 1 on R. 4:6-7 (2015).

How do you respond to these new charges against you?
Sincerely,

Mary Brown
Crime Investigator
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ISSUANCE OF JUDGMENTS OF POSSESSION OR WRITS WITHOUT SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

Dear Judge Margaret McVeigh:

There are numerous reports in the media that you have been issuing judgments of possession or facilitating the issuance of same, although you have no subject matter jurisdiction over land possession issues. The Law Division has exclusive jurisdiction over land possession judgments and issuance of writs or warrants - the Chancery Court has no jurisdiction over land possession issues, yet you have been issuing judgments of possession and associated orders. You know of course that such judgments are void ab initio, a legal nullity.

Apparently, you have caused significant financial and other damage to residents of this state as a result of your allegedly reckless or even criminal acts.

There are a lot of people accusing you of corruption and even conspiracy to intentionally damage homeowners and business owners through your reckless acts to ensure tax collection. How do you plea? Many people are calling for your arrest and resignation. See for example this post:

MEET THE CORRUPT AND/OR INCOMPETENT CHANCERY JUDGE MARGARET MCVEIGH. SHE CONSPIRED WITH OR WAS MISLEAD BY ROBERT DEL VECCHIO, AMERICAN TAX FUNDING AND OTHER CONVICTED FELONS TO SIGN OFF ON JUDGMENTS OF POSSESSION WITHOUT HAVING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER LAND POSSESSION ISSUES. http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-corrupt-andor-incompetent-chancery.html
Do you have anything to say to these serious charges?
Did you issue or facilitated the issuance of judgments of possession or writs or warrants of possession without having subject matter jurisdiction? A simple YES or NO would suffice. The public and victims need to know.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this inquiry. We want to make sure that unfounded allegations are not released into the media.
Sincerely,
Mary Brown
Crime Investigator
NOTE: As of today's date (3-7-2016), this judge has not responded to the accusations above.
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Office of the Passaic County Sheriff
William Maer
Media Information & OPRA Processing Unit
11 Sheriff's Plaza
Paterson, NJ 07502
bmaer@pcsheriff.org
973-389-5900

Dear Sheriff Berdnik/Mr. Maer:

“AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the plaintiff dully recover against the said defendant …possession of the premises… and that a Writ of Possession issue thereon”.

From what we understand, you (the Passaic County Sheriff) executed these obviously void and illegal judgments or orders despite the fact they were not issued by the Law Division.

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

Emma Rogers
emmarogers456@aol.com

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COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF ETHICS OR COMPETENCY OR NEGLIGENCE AGAINST JUDGES MARY C. JACOBSON AND MARGARET MARY MCVEIGH

Basilis (Bill) N. Stephanatos

PO Box 0520

Tenafly, New Jersey 07670-0520

Phone: (973) 897-8162

bstephanatos@gmail.com

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13 January 2014

Mr. John A. Tonelli

Executive Director

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC)

PO Box 037

Trenton, NJ 08625-0037

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RE: AC.JC 2014-045 (Judges Mary C. Jacobson and Margaret Mary McVeigh)

CHANCERY JUDGE MARGARET MCVEIGH HAD NO SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER PROPERTY POSSESSION ISSUES, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE LAW DIVISION

The fraudulently issued judgment never adjudicated the subject matter of land possession, as the Chancery courts have no jurisdiction over land possession issues. Thus, the judgment was void regarding the alleged adjudication of the possession of the Defendant’s property. A judgment is void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction when the court has no authority to adjudicate the controversy. See Bank v. Kim, 361 N.J. Super. 331, 339 (App. Div. 2003) (mortgage foreclosure judgment void in violation of bankruptcy automatic stay). Here, the Chancery court had no subject matter jurisdiction over the property possession issue and thus any order issued by that court was void, a legal nullity. Therefore, the sheriff was enforcing a void (and fraudulent as well) court order.

I HAD FILED TWO APPEALS FROM JUDGE JACOBSON AND MCVEIGH DECISIONS, BUT THESE TWO JUDGES REFUSED TO STAY THE TAKING OF MY HOME AND MY BUSINESS UNTIL THE APPEALS COURTS RULE.

I am providing additional material in support of my complaint against the above-referenced judges.

In June 2011, Dr. Stephanatos had filed a suit to vacate the tax deed (Passaic County, Law Division L-2973-11). Dr. Stephanatos even sent a letter to the judges, to the co-conspirators Robert Del Vecchio, Matthew Marini and the sheriff that appeals are pending and they in fact responded to the letter, acknowledging the appeals. That suit to vacate the tax deed was filed within the statutory period of three months. Due to the refusal of the these two judges to stay the proceedings to review what they have done, the fraudulent issuance of an ex-parte writ of possession and the wrongful interference by the sheriff and American Tax Funding, LLC of Dr. Stephanatos’ legal rights, the Law Division did not hear that lawsuit.

CHANCERY JUDGE MARGARET MCVEIGH HAD NO SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER PROPERTY POSSESSION ISSUES, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE LAW DIVISION

Meanwhile, Dr. Stephanatos also filed two appeals: one from the L-2672-09 case and one from the F-9241-09 case. The appeals were docketed as follows: A-4685-10 and A-3900-10 (appeal from L-2672-09) Team 4. At the same time, Dr. Stephanatos applied for a stay from the foreclosure judgment, to ensure that a higher court and/or a federal court hear his appeals. These two judges refused to stay the proceedings, despite the fact I was keep telling them that what they are doing is illegal. The sheriff officers and the judges were aware that appeals and lawsuits were pending; they also knew that state law, allows Dr. Stephanatos to stay in his home, because he has been using the home as his residence continuously since 1995 (see N.J.S.A. 2A:39-7. Title not inquired into; defense of 3 years possession “Title shall not be an issue in any action commenced under this chapter. 3 years peaceable possession by the defendant shall be a defense to the action” and that is why they acted with haste and fraud and criminal intent to deprive Dr. Stephanatos of his home and his business. This behavior by the two judges shocks the conscience, implicating a substantive due process violation. This violation occurred on June 28, 2011.

The State, the County, the Chancery Court and the conspirators also violated the New Jersey Constitution, Article I, paragraph 20 that states that Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. Individuals or private corporations shall not be authorized to take private property for public use without just compensation first made to the owners.

· no property possession hearings were ever held;

· no bench trial was ever held by McVeigh on any issue before her;

· no fact-findings and application of the law to the facts consistent with Rule 1:7-4(a) were ever held;

· no pre-eviction notices were ever provided to the Defendant;

· no stay of the proceedings were ever held consistent with § 2A:42-10.6;

It is crucial to report to the Committee that the Sheriff and the Passaic County provide as a defense to the federal complaint that

“Plaintiff never appealed the underlying Court Orders which ordered him to vacate the subject premises, therefore, the defendants acted within their purview under the cover of law - regarding the underlying events;”

This defense is obvious not valid, considering that Dr. Stephanatos had filed several appeals and had in fact notified the Sheriff of the pendency of such appeals. Thus, the motivation for the actions of the Sheriff and its employees is highly suspicious.

On May 13, 2011, the Honorable Mary C. Jacobson, P.J.Ch., entered a final ex-parte judgment against Dr. Stephanatos in favor of American Tax Funding, LLC (“ATFH”). (Final Judgment annexed at Da44-46). This ex-parte judgment was drafted by the lawyers for the convicted conspirators, Robert Del Vecchio, American Tax Funding, et al. This final ex-parte judgment contains the language “This judgment shall not affect the rights of any person protected by the New Jersey Tenant Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A, 2A:18-61.1 et seq.)” (Da45). The significance of this clause is discussed in this brief, infra.

Robert A. Del Vecchio is the attorney for ATF, LLC, and he submitted a Certification (filed May 13, 2011), stating, in part:

The aforementioned person is not protected by the provision of the Anti-Eviction Act (the “Act”), as enunciated in the New Jersey Supreme Court Case of Chase Manhattan Bank v. Josephson, since that Act applies to tenants and this defendant is the prior owner of the property. His ownership rights were foreclosed upon in the above-entitled action. (Da48).

The significance of this statement by Robert DelVecchio is that the judgment only covered ownership and not possession of the home of Dr. Stephanatos, who was also using his homestead as the place of business (Metropolitan Environmental Services, PC and Metropolitan Environmental Services). Mr. Del Vecchio, in addition to violating federal law (the conspiracy with ATF to violate the Sherman Act) he also intentionally conspired with ATF and the Passaic County employees to violate the possessory rights of Dr. Stephanatos.

The judgment under the tax sale law was supposed to cover only ownership of a property and not possession. In fact, Del Vecchio himself wrote in the Application for an ex-parte Writ that Dr. Stephanatos only lost the ownership rights – no possessory rights were ever lost by Dr. Stephanatos, as he was in possession of his property continuously, he did not owe any taxes due to the unlawful over-assessment of his property and since state law protected his possessory rights. See N.J.S.A. 2A:39-1. On September 30, 2014, Del Vecchio pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the antitrust laws of this state and the federal government’s.

Since Dr. Stephanatos was opposed to any person entering his homestead property and had communicated this to the sheriff and Del Vecchio, the possession of the property was supposed to be determined by a Law Division judge pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:39-1 that prohibits unlawful entry onto a residential property:

With regard to any real property occupied solely as a residence by the party in possession, such entry shall not be made in any manner without the consent of the party in possession unless the entry and detention is made pursuant to legal process as set out in N.J.S.2A:18-53 et seq., as amended and supplemented. (Emphasis supplied).

This process mandates the procurement of a Warrant of Removal. Del Vecchio and the sheriff employees, with the blessing of Chancery Judges McVeigh and Jacobson, who had no subject matter jurisdiction over property possession issues, did not do that here, in a conspiracy to violate Dr. Stephanatos possessory and other legal rights. These two corrupt “judges” issued void judgments of land possession issues, although the Chancery Courts have no subject matter jurisdiction over land possession, because these issues are adjudicated by the Law Division. They also issued orders on an ex-parte basis, without performing any fact-finding and without application of the law to the facts as is required by New Jersey court rules. In fact, these individuals have pleaded in the federal lawsuit that they were not aware that any appeal were pending and that all issues had been adjudicated, when in fact no issues had ever been adjudicated. They used these excuses as a pre-text to intentionally violate Dr. Stephanatos’ possessory and other legal rights and caused him the loss of his business, his home and the destruction of his business and personal property. The damages they caused him are into the many millions of dollars and that is the reason that Dr. Stephanatos was under such extraordinary duress during the day of the incident.

Del Vecchio and ATF obtained only an ex-parte judgment of possession by drafting the language to the corrupt or incompetent Judge Margaret McVeigh and Jacobson of Mercer County (although the property was located in Passaic County and Jacobson had no jurisdiction over a property in Passaic County), an ex-parte writ of possession, upon the self- certification of Del Vecchio that Dr. Stephanatos did not any possessory interests protected by the Due Process Clause and/or the Anti-Eviction Act or the Summary Dispossess Act. No Writ of Possession was obtained for Dr. Stephanatos’ business, Metropolitan Environmental Services, and Metropolitan Environmental Services, PC. These practices by these two individuals have been criticized by the state of New Jersey and the Public Advocate Division. See for example the following excerpt from the “Toolkit for Tenants Living in Foreclosed Properties”, published by the Department of the Public Advocate, Trenton, NJ 08625, dated March 2010:

Courts and Sheriffs In addition to owners and those who work for them, the courts and sheriff officers sometimes mistakenly target protected tenants during the foreclosure process. The writs of execution and final foreclosure judgments are drafted by the attorneys for the lenders. The attorneys sometimes use language in court papers that cause problems because it seems to cover tenants (for example, “and any and all persons occupying said premises”). Other times attorneys specifically name tenants and certify (swear to the court) that those tenants are not covered by the Anti-Eviction Act. This is especially problematic because tenants often do not have the opportunity to demonstrate that they are in fact legitimate tenants until after the removal has already been ordered by the court and scheduled by the sheriff. If a court order specifically names a tenant to be removed, the sheriff must evict that person. Sometimes, however, sheriffs read the language in the order and believe that they must evict everyone. Also, some notices that sheriffs create and post on property include language, such as “occupants” instead of “owners,” that appears to include tenants. The Attorney General distributed a memo to sheriffs regarding the rights of tenants living in foreclosed properties.

Thus, the judges and the sheriff knew of the practices of Del Vecchio and ATF; yet, the sheriff employees acted as agents for Del Vecchio and intentionally violated Dr. Stephanatos’ possessory rights, including a host of other offenses. Dr. Stephanatos had informed the two judges and the sheriff of these practices by Del Vecchio and ATF and had alerted the authorities (the sheriff, the governor, the local senator O’Toole, etc.) that these individuals are breaking a host of state and federal laws. Dr. Stephanatos also filed appeals and suits to vacate the tax deed.

The phone records also prove that it was Dr. Stephanatos who called Judge McVeigh at 8:56 am, to ask for the status of an application of a stay. It was Dr. Stephanatos who initiated that, and not the judge or anyone else as the prosecutor fraudulently asserts in his letter. This significant evidence proves beyond doubt that the only thing Dr. Stephanatos wanted for a 6-month stay that is freely granted under all circumstances and it is in fact codified under the statutes: see NJSA § 2A:42-10.6.

It was that simple: a statute-based stay would have solved every issue, but the reckless judge McVeigh did not do it for whatever reason. Perhaps this judge was incompetent, reckless, ruthless, biased, usurped her authority, or whatever else. It would have been up to the Grand Jurors to determine the role of the State and County employees and determine whether they acted prudently or whether they caused the escalation of the situation through their negligent, reckless or even criminal conduct.

Another crucial and clearly exculpatory evidence was that Metropolitan Environmental Services, was not part of the Writ of Possession; and that the Sheriff was not authorized to remove Defendant’s business from the premises; but the Sheriff did it anyway; the evidence presented to the Court (the communications between Metropolitan Environmental Services and the Sheriff) shows that the Sheriff was aware that a tenant was present and that no Writ had been issued for that tenant. This crucial evidence also indicates that Defendant had the right to defend his business and business property from intruders or attackers; no such instructions were provided to the Grand Jurors, as the State intentionally refused to provide that evidence to the jury. Dr. Stephanatos had valid factual defenses that were never presented and thus, the prosecutor interfered with the investigation of the Grand Jury.

Dr. Stephanatos never threatened anyone few days prior to the eviction, as the prosecutor has fraudulently asserted in his response brief; the Court should order the State to provide proof of these fraudulent assertions, as these lies were also made to the Grand Jurors and painted Dr. Stephanatos as a violent person and affected the jury’s decision to indict;

It was Dr. Stephanatos who called Judge McVeigh to ask for a stay or check on the status of a stay he had applied few weeks ago, pursuant to with NJSA § 2A:42-10.6 that allows up to a six month stay; the Sheriff SWAT team had sharpshooters and snipers pointing at Defendant’s chest and head while he was talking to judge McVeigh and Dr. Stephanatos was fearful of his life and that is why he told the Judge that there will be blood shed unless there is a stay; a simple stay (allowed by the New Jersey statutes (and granted by all courts) would have prevented this incident); but the reckless State employees caused Dr. Stephanatos to be under stress and duress by trying to remove his business without having a Writ.

However, the two judges (McVeigh and Jacobson) refused to stay the proceedings and this is a crucial fact that the jury of 12 citizens will consider in their deliberations: why there was so much haste to remove Dr. Stephanatos from his residence and place of business? Why there was not a stay so that all these issues are adjudicated? A SIMPLE STAY OF THE PROCEEDINGS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INCIDENT ON JUNE 28, 2011. Now we have found out significant issues with what these conspirators did and the violation of numerous laws of this state.

The grand jury was never made aware of these illegal acts, because the Passaic County prosecutor refused to allow me to testify in the grand jury and omitted all the available defenses – A CLEAR VIOLATION OF NEW JERSEY LAW AND A GRAND JURY MISCONDUCT.

I have suffered several many millions of dollars in damages due mostly to the failure of these two judges to ensure that all New Jersey laws and procedures and homeowner’s rights are not violated. They failed to perform even the slightest due process and only accepted as true the claims of Robert Del Vecchio (a convicted felon), and his co-conspirators. Their behavior raises some serious ethical and competency issues and this court (a Passaic County court) will preside and do a fact finding of all these critical facts and issues that affect another Passaic County court – this will look to a common sense citizen as a conflict of interest. That is the reason we are asking to transfer the case to another county.

Very Truly Yours,

Basilis N. Stephanatos

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Updated 2 hrs 36 mins ago
WYCKOFF, New Jersey -- A New Jersey police chief who was suspended without pay this summer for sending an email advocating racial profiling has resigned and will retire next week.

The Record reports former Wyckoff chief Benjamin Fox agreed to resign on Nov. 15 as part of deal reached with the Bergen County town. His 180-day suspension, which began Aug. 5, was also deemed "fully satisfied."
Fox will submit a retirement application dated Dec. 1 to the state Division of Pensions.

The agreement released Wednesday by Wyckoff officials contained no details about any conditions of Fox's retirement, the pension he will receive or what other benefits he will keep or sacrifice.

Fox was disciplined after the county prosecutor's office determined his 2014 email that said profiling has its place in law enforcement if done correctly "explicitly" violated a state directive prohibiting racial profiling.

Fox's email said profiling has its place in law enforcement if done correctly. It also said that "black gang members from Teaneck commit burglaries in Wyckoff. That's why we check out suspicious black people in white neighborhoods.
Wyckoff is a mostly white suburb, 30 miles west of New York. In his email, he also noted that New York police stop white kids in black neighborhoods there because "they know they are there to buy drugs."

County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said an investigation didn't uncover "any substantiated instances" of racial profiling by Wyckoff officers. Town officials said Fox's actions were an "isolated incident" and that there were no "systemic problems" in the police department.

Wyckoff police officers underwent mandatory training in cultural awareness, use of force, internal affairs, discrimination and liability compliance.
Racial profiling is widespread in New Jersey. This idiot was caught because he was stupid enough to put his thoughts into an email. Most of the racial profiling is conducted by the traffic officers. Their most common excuse to illegally stop a driver is that "he was swerving to the right or to the left". This way they target Asians, blacks, Hispanics and others who fit several other characteristics, including: out of state plates (Texas, LA, etc), tattoos, long hair (mainly Asian drivers), etc. There are thousands of illegally stopped drivers in the court system, most of them in county jails.
Here is a case that illustrates the corrupt and illegal behavior of the New Jersey officers:
A young Asian driver (Vietnamese-American and US citizen) drives at night from Upstate New York (where he had visited his mother) to Louisiana. Inside the car is his girlfriend, sleeping on the passenger side.
He unfortunately has to drive through New Jersey Route 17 and then I-95. Around 2 am on the 6th of July, he is illegally stopped by Ramsey police based on the excuse that he was swerving to the right. Video from the police car shows that the Asian driver had Texas plates and had his window down. The video does not show that he was swerving to the left or the right.
There is almost no traffic on the Route 17 at that time.
The Ramsey cops stop him, but they never tell him that he was swerving to the right. They instead tell ask him if he was smoking marijuana. The driver replies that "I am just smoking a cigarette". However, the Ramsey cops claim that they smelled marijuana and that he was smoking the cigarette to mask the smell of marijuana.
These corrupt Ramsey cops order the Asian driver (who has chest-long hair, facial hair and tattoos) to get out of the car.
They immediately put him under detention and hand-cuff him. All that without probable cause, as no marijuana is visible by visual inspection of the car. These corrupt cops then demand that the driver allows them to search the car. The poor Asian driver is scarred shitless at this time and allows them to search the car. They search the car for at least half an hour and they do not find any drugs (as this poor driver did not have any drugs with him).
Eventually these corrupt cops always find an excuse to bring charges against the driver they have illegally stopped, including planting evidence, illegally jailing the driver, blackmailing the driver, etc. This is happening at an alarming rate in New Jersey. =============

Wyckoff, New Jersey police chief on voluntary leave during racial profiling investigation

Toni Yates reports investigators are looking into whether a New Jersey police chief defended racial profiling in an e-mail.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
WYCKOFF, New Jersey -- A police chief is taking a temporary leave while prosecutors investigate whether he told his officers that racial profiling, including checking out "suspicious black people in white neighborhoods," has a place in policing.

Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy and acting Bergen County prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said in a statement Tuesday that their offices are investigating an email from Wyckoff police Chief Benjamin Fox.

"On its face, the email appears to be a clear violation of the Attorney General's policy strictly prohibiting racial profiling by police officers," they said in the statement. "We are conducting a full investigation and will take all appropriate measures."
At an emergency township committee meeting Tuesday night, Fox asked to go on administrative leave while the investigation is pending. A statement from the town said that Fox will explain the email to investigators and "demonstrate that neither he nor our police department has ever condoned or engaged in profiling."

The December 2014 email was released by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey on Tuesday. The group says it obtained it anonymously last week.

"Encouraging police officers to act with racial bias is unacceptable," said Alexander Shalom, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU in New Jersey. "Sowing mistrust at this level damages civil rights, and it threatens public safety by diminishing the faith people have in the police."

The email says that profiling has its place in law enforcement when used correctly and applied fairly. It says that officers should "check out suspicious black people in white neighborhoods" because "black gang members" from a nearby town commit burglaries in Wyckoff, a mostly white suburb, 30 miles west of New York.

The email says that New York police stop white kids in black neighborhoods there because "they know they are there to buy drugs."

"It's insane to think that the police should just 'dumb down just to be politically correct,'" the email says. "The public wants us to keep them safe and I'm confident that they want us to use our skills and knowledge to attain that goal."

The email says officers should continue to be fair to people and treat them with respect but should use "counter reaction as the law allows" if someone resists an authorized demand.

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Investigation into NJ police chief's email defending racial profiling

Toni Yates reports investigators are looking into whether a New Jersey police chief defended racial profiling in an e-mail.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
WYCKOFF, New Jersey -- New Jersey prosecutors are investigating whether a police chief told his officers that racial profiling has a place in policing, including checking out "suspicious black people in white neighborhoods."

Tuesday night, there was news that the police chief would take temporary leave while prosecutors complete their investigation.

Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy and acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal said in a statement Tuesday that the offices are investigating an email from Wyckoff police Chief Benjamin Fox.

"On its face, the email appears to be a clear violation of the Attorney General's policy strictly prohibiting racial profiling by police officers," they said in the statement. "We are conducting a full investigation and will take all appropriate measures."
Someone answering the phone at Fox's office said he wasn't available to comment. A message left with the mayor of Wyckoff wasn't immediately returned.

The December 2014 email was released by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey on Tuesday. The group says it obtained it anonymously last week.

"Encouraging police officers to act with racial bias is unacceptable," said Alexander Shalom, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU in New Jersey. "Sowing mistrust at this level damages civil rights, and it threatens public safety by diminishing the faith people have in the police."

The email says that profiling has its place in law enforcement when used correctly and applied fairly. It says that officers should "check out suspicious black people in white neighborhoods" because "black gang members" from a nearby town commit burglaries in Wyckoff, a mostly white suburb, 30 miles west of New York. The email says that New York police stop white kids in black neighborhoods there because "they know they are there to buy drugs."

"It's insane to think that the police should just 'dumb down just to be politically correct,'" the email says. "The public wants us to keep them safe and I'm confident that they want us to use our skills and knowledge to attain that goal."

The email says that officers should continue to be fair to people and treat them with respect, but they should use "counter reaction as the law allows" if someone resists an authorized demand.

"Above all, do what you have to do and that which the law allows you to do to remain safe," the email says.
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Dr. Basilis N. Stephanatos, Ph.D., P.E., J.D., Q.E.D.

THE SERIOUSLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL CASE OF STATE V. BASILIS STEPHANATOS

Tax foreclosure companies in New Jersey (American Tax Funding, LLC, and others see for example this link: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-new-jersey-investors-plead-guilty-their-roles-bid-rigging-schemes-municipal-tax-lien) failed to follow the Anti-eviction laws and the Summary Dispossess Act and obtained a writ for removal without a hearing before a law-division judge - they basically used a self-certification and fooled the Office of Foreclosure in Trenton that had no jurisdiction over his real estate property as he had objected to the legal proceedings and no issues were ever adjudicated.

American Tax Funding, LLC, Robert Del Vecchio, Esq. and others also lied to the sheriff that he had threatened them with violence if they try to evict him from his home that he fully owned (no mortgage on the home). The sheriff then lied to the grand jurors that he displayed a gun at them and lied that they were injured.

In any event, five years ago, the grand jury indicts Dr. Stephanatos based on the fraudulent grand jury presentation and the willful failure to disclose to the Grand Jury clearly exculpatory evidence. In 2011, Dr. Stephanatos asked for speedy trial, but that never happened.

In early 2016, Dr. Stephanatos had been publishing in a blog the proceedings of the meritless criminal case against him. Based on the publishing, a good Samaritan came forward who provided evidence that Dr. Stephanatos was framed by Passaic County sheriff officers Lucas and d'Agostino. In his blog, Dr. Stephanatos has been complaining about the violation of hisspeedy trial rights: the delay of the case is now at 5.5 years and running!

In March 2016, and in order to prevent the spreading of the truth, the Passaic county prosecutor, Peter Roby, then claimed that Dr. Stephanatos was crazy and that he must be submitted for psychiatric evaluation. He also claimed that the State’s witnesses could be threatened by Dr. Stephanatos.

Dr. Stephanatos' lawyer, Mr. Miles Feinstein, Esq of Clifton, NJ vehemently opposed the incarceration as violative of his first amendment rights, etc. In any event, they locked him up at the Bergen county jail from March 21, 2016 through May 25, 2016. During the last two weeks of his jail time, a state psychologist came and evaluated him. He found him intelligent, sane and competent. When Dr. Stephanatos asked him why it took them two months to show-up at the jail to evaluate him, he said he only got the assignment during the last week of April 2016.

Dr. Stephanatos then filed a complaint against judge de la Carrera (the judge who ordered his incarceration) with the presiding judge Ernest Capossela. Judge Capossela immediately dismissed Judge de la Carrera from the case and started presiding over the case on his own. He said that what de la Carrera and Passaic county prosecutor, Peter Roby, did was illegal and unconstitutional, as no threats were ever made by Dr. Stephanatos against anyone. All this stuff is in on the record. He made these statements and much more in open court on May 26, 2016 when he ordered Dr. Stephanatos' release.

After more than five years on bail, the accuser, Ronald A. Lucas (a sheriff employee) is convicted for insurance fraud for faking his injury. The judge in Dr. Stephanatos' case is fired by the assignment judge, who then proceeds to dismiss the case for a number of reasons: violation of speedy trial rights, perjured testimony, failure to provide discovery, misleading the grand jury, prosecutorial misconduct.

Dr. Stephanatos suffered significant economic and non-economic losses. Many millions in damages.
In addition to the loss of his freedom and the loss of his dignity, he also lost income, family time, etc. You can understand.

The criminal case against Dr. Stephanatos is meritless, that is why it has been delayed for 6.5 years and counting. They have not even provided discovery! And the Passaic County Sheriff, Richard Berdnik, claims that all information about the names of the sheriff's officer's and their telecommunications, emails, phone calls does not exist anymore. Basically Berdnik has destroyed all the evidence to prevent the conviction of his officers for perjury, conspiracy to violate civil rights, and many other offenses. The thugs, who call themselves law enforcement officers, at work in Passaic County, the most corrupt county in New Jersey.

Here are some links regarding Dr. Stephanatos' criminal case:

http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/explosive-bombshell-ronald-lucas.html

https://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/proofs-that-ron-lucas-was-not-at-scene_17.html

http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2015/12/perjured-employees-and-prosecutorial.html

http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/is-passaic-county-sheriff-richard_13.html

http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-corrupt-andor-incompetent-chancery.html

http://metroforensics.blogspot.com/2016/01/walter-dewey-jr-of-passaic-county_14.html

https://sites.google.com/site/metropolitanenvironmental/explosive-bombshell-ronald-a-lucas-defrauded-new-jersey-s-police-and-firemen-system-by-claiming-that-he-suffered-on-the-job-injury

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FORMER PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICER RONALD A. LUCAS LIED DURING HIS GRAND JURY TESTIMONY WHEN HE CLAIMED THAT HE INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER DURING A FALL AT A WAYNE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY PROPERTY. HE IN FACT HAD PRIOR INJURIES BY PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR MANY YEARS AND LIFTING WEIGHTS

As part of an investigation we have been performing, we discovered that Ronald A. Lucas, a former Passaic County sheriff officer with the Civil Division lied about his on-the-job shoulder injury. Lucas claimed that he fell on the job on June 28, 2011 at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, NJ and that he injured his left shoulder requiring several pins. He then filed a disability claim with the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (Police and Firemen Retirement System). He was granted disability for one year with subsequent review. After he retired with claimed disability, he obtained a job as part-time security guard at the Pequannock High School.

We discovered that Mr. Lucas suffered shoulder injuries while playing football and lifting heavy weights over his lifetime. He was a linebacker with the Pompton Lakes Cardinals, using his shoulder to hit and tackle his opponents during practice and during football games. We are attaching a picture showing that he was #41 in the Cardinal’s Pompton Lake football team. Lucas has fallen on his shoulder probably thousand times during his athletic and training career.

Everybody knows that linebackers hit and tackle their opponents using their shoulders. These athletes also lift heavy weights and they end-up injuries their shoulders. He even made the All County Team in 1980, showing how hard he was working out. Based on our investigation, we found that weight lifting athletes do suffer shoulder injuries of the type claimed by Lucas.

He also trained his two sons (Dean Lucas and Ronnie Lucas) into playing TE and DE positions also with the Cardinals football team. In fact, linebackers suffer at least 13.5 percent of all football injuries and at least 65 percent of the linebackers end up undergoing surgery.

We have obtained photos showing Mr. Lucas lifting weights, after his alleged job-ending disability. See for example the attached image that is dated December 2013.

It is obvious to a reasonable and objective person that Lucas (in his mid-50s) took this incident on June 28, 2011 to claim on-the job-injury to be able to repair his previously injured shoulder at taxpayers’ expense and to retire and then blame Basilis Stephanatos for his injuries. After he retired, he started the double dipping. The finest of New Jersey at "work". But he was caught and he will face the consequences.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 30, 2013
Two New Jersey Investors Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Bid-rigging Schemes at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions
Investigation Has Yielded 14 Guilty Pleas

Two financial investors who purchased municipal tax liens pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of those tax liens, the Department of Justice announced.

A felony charge was filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, against Robert U. Del Vecchio Sr., of Hawthorne, N.J. According to the charge, from in or about 2000 until approximately December 2008, Del Vecchio Sr. participated in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions for the sale of municipal tax liens in New Jersey by agreeing to allocate among certain bidders which liens each would bid on. Additionally, a felony charge was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, against Michael Mastellone, of Cedar Knolls, N.J. for participating in a similar conspiracy from in or about 2000 until approximately February 2009. The department said that Del Vecchio Sr. and Mastellone proceeded to submit bids in accordance with the agreements and purchased tax liens at collusive and non-competitive interest rates.

“By conspiring to rig the bids of municipal tax liens, the conspirators profited at the expense of those already struggling financially,” said Scott D. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement program. “Protecting Americans from these types of bid-rigging schemes remains a high priority for the division.”

The department said the primary purpose of the conspiracy was to suppress and restrain competition in order to obtain selected municipal tax liens offered at public auctions at non-competitive interest rates. When the owner of real property fails to pay taxes on that property, the municipality in which the property is located may attach a lien for the amount of the unpaid taxes. If the taxes remain unpaid after a waiting period, the lien may be sold at auction. State law requires that investors bid on the interest rate delinquent property owners will pay upon redemption. By law, the bid opens at 18 percent interest and, through a competitive bidding process, can be driven down to zero percent. If a lien remains unpaid after a certain period of time, the investor who purchased the lien may begin foreclosure proceedings against the property to which the lien is attached.

According to the court documents, Del Vecchio Sr. and Mastellone were involved in the conspiracy with others not to bid against one another at municipal tax lien auctions in New Jersey. Since the conspiracy permitted the conspirators to purchase tax liens with limited competition, each conspirator was able to obtain liens which earned a higher interest rate. Property owners were therefore made to pay higher interest on their tax debts than they would have paid had their liens been purchased in open and honest competition, the department said.

A violation of the Sherman Act carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for individuals. The maximum fine for a Sherman Act violation may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims if either amount is greater than the $1 million statutory maximum.

Today’s pleas are the 13th and 14th guilty pleas resulting from an ongoing investigation into bid rigging or fraud related to municipal tax lien auctions. Nine individuals – Isadore H. May, Richard J. Pisciotta Jr., William A. Collins, Robert W. Stein, David M. Farber, Robert E. Rothman, Stephen E. Hruby, David Butler and Norman T. Remick – and three companies – DSBD LLC, Crusader Servicing Corp. and Mercer S.M.E. Inc. – have previously pleaded guilty as part of this investigation.

Today’s charges were brought in connection with the President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. The task force was established to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices and state and local partners, it’s the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations. Over the past three fiscal years, the Justice Department has filed nearly 10,000 financial fraud cases against nearly 15,000 defendants including more than 2,900 mortgage fraud defendants. For more information on the task force, please visit www.StopFraud.gov.

This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Antitrust Division’s New York Office and the FBI’s Atlantic City, N.J., office. Anyone with information concerning bid rigging or fraud related to municipal tax lien auctions should contact the Antitrust Division’s New York Office at 212-335-8000, visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm or contact the Atlantic City Resident Agency of the FBI at 609-677-6400.

Saturday, October 7, 2017

And The More Corrupt County of New Jersey is: Passaic County: Corrupt Prosecutors, Corrupt Sheriffs, Corrupt Judges Wreak Havoc in Passaic County

And The More Corrupt County of New Jersey is: Passaic County