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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.