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Ex-mayor of Newark, N.J., due at prison

PETERSBURG, Va., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, N.J., Monday headed for a Virginia prison to begin a 27-month prison sentence, an attorney says.

Former N.J. mayor to report to prison

NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Former Newark, N.J., Mayor Sharpe James was packing Friday for a trip to a federal prison camp in Virginia, his attorney said.

Ex-mayor of Newark, N.J., gets 27 months

NEWARK, N.J., July 29 (UPI) -- Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, N.J., was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in prison for helping his girlfriend buy city property.

Ex-mayor's lawyers seek leniency

NEWARK, N.J., July 18 (UPI) -- Lawyers for the former mayor of Newark, N.J., asked a federal judge to be lenient to Sharpe James when he is sentenced for corruption.

Charges against ex-Newark mayor dropped

NEWARK, N.J., May 12 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors Monday dropped charges of credit card abuse against former Newark Mayor Sharpe James.

Former Newark mayor convicted of fraud

NEWARK, N.J., April 16 (UPI) -- A federal jury in New Jersey has convicted former Newark Mayor Sharpe James of fraud for conspiring to rig the sale of nine city lots to his mistress.

No verdict yet for former Newark mayor

NEWARK, N.J., April 10 (UPI) -- Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Newark, N.J., Mayor Sharpe James spent a full day in deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict.
Closings set in Newark mayor's trial

Closings set in Newark mayor's trial

NEWARK, N.J., April 7 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors had a complex case to recount to the jury Monday in closing arguments in the corruption trial of Newark Mayor Sharpe James.

Ex-mayor's attorney says charges unproved

NEWARK, N.J., March 31 (UPI) -- Attorneys for former Newark, N.J., Mayor Sharpe James and co-defendant Tamika Riley say charges against them should be dropped for lack of evidence.

Woman claims tryst with New Jersey mayor

NEWARK, N.J., March 3 (UPI) -- A woman on trial with former Newark Mayor Sharpe James had an affair with James but did not profit from any city land deals, her attorney said.
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