'Wildest Year Ever in NJ Politics' As Democrat Power Broker Indicted on Racketeering Charges

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin charged Democrat power broker George Norcross and others on Monday with racketeering.

In a 13-count indictment, Platkin accused the political kingmaker of leading a “criminal enterprise” in the Garden State. 

“The Norcross enterprise manipulated government programs and processes designed to attract development and investment to instead suit their own financial desires,” Platkin said at a press conference, with an uninvited Norcross sitting sockless in the front row. “Instead of contributing to the successes of the city of Camden, through a series of criminal acts alleged in the state’s case, the Norcross enterprise took the Camden waterfront all for themselves.” 

Norcross’s brother Phillip was among the handful of others charged.