Bribe-taking ex-Hoboken mayor gets 2 years in federal pen

Former Hoboken Mayor Peter J. Cammarano got 24 months in federal prison today for taking $25,000 in bribes.

Peter Cammarano III

Cammarano was swept up in a massive federal sting that netted other mayors, as well as dozens of public servants -- the largest public corruption case of its kind in New Jersey.

U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares also ordered Cammarano, 33, to serve two years of supervised release after he serves out his term and to pay the government back the $25,000 it used to snare him.

Cammarano remains free on $100,000 bond pending a Sept. 20 surrender date to officials with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Cammarano admitted in April that he accepted two cash payments from Solomon Dwek, a convicted thief who became a government operative. Cammarano was a councilman at the time and was only three weeks into his term -- which included him taking another bribe -- when the arrests were made.

The former mayor admitted he took the money "in exchange for his future official assistance, action and influence in Hoboken government" for Dwek, a Jersey Shore native who posed as a developer interested in fast-tracking projects.

The undercover FBI investigation also yielded the arrests of several rabbis accused of money laundering, bringing the total number of those charged to 44.

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unfortunate resident said:

	... Well thats a start now they need to address the rest of the out of control corruption happening around Hudson County.
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Michael Kammer said:

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The world was his oyster. He lost everything -- his wife, his youngest daughter, his job (both as mayor and as an attorney), and his freedom. He was an attorney. He specialized in election law. He more then anyone else should have known better. He has no one to blame but himself.

If anything good comes from this, I hope that other people finally get the message -- that corruption has its consequences and that what happened to Peter could happen to you.