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NewsOctober 4, 2002

NEWARK, N.J. -- A former county executive admitted Thursday that he took more than $100,000 in bribes while in office and agreed to keep cooperating with a federal corruption probe. Democrat Robert C. Janiszewski, who resigned as Hudson County's top elected official a year ago, pleaded guilty to extorting money as an official and evading taxes on the bribes...

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NEWARK, N.J. -- A former county executive admitted Thursday that he took more than $100,000 in bribes while in office and agreed to keep cooperating with a federal corruption probe. Democrat Robert C. Janiszewski, who resigned as Hudson County's top elected official a year ago, pleaded guilty to extorting money as an official and evading taxes on the bribes.

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