A judge has dismissed indictments against New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross and his five co-defendants, potentially ending a case that rocked New Jersey politics and boosted the profile of Attorney General Matt Platkin. Judge Peter Warshaw in a Wednesday ruling tossed the racketeering indictments against Norcross; his brother Phil; attorney Bill Tambussi; former Camden Mayor Dana Redd; John O'Donnell, former CEO of the Michaels Organization rental company; and Sidney Brown, CEO of the logistics company NFI. The indictments alleged they enriched themselves through real estate deals on the Camden waterfront, across from Philadelphia, funded in large part by state tax incentives. Read the latest
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