the even darker side of Lodi

While the Mayor, Top School Principal is away…….

Checking out those rooms in the White House,  a Lodi Teacher is arrested.

(PLEASE NOTE; ALL ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW, again)

Articles appearing in several media pages recently have reported the following;

•Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 04:23 PM
Bergen County Prosecutor's Press Release
http://www.bcpo.net/go.php?display_id=525


•May 25, 2016 at 4:48 PM, updated May 26, 2016 at 12:28 PM
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/05/46_arrested_2m_seized_in_multistate_gambling_enter.html#incart_most_shared-bergen

•May 26, 2016 at 12:07 PM, updated May 26, 2016 at 12:43 PM
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/05/alleged_elvis_gambling_kingpin_has_long_history_of.html

•May 26, 2016, 9:41 PM Last updated: Thursday, May 26, 2016, 9:41 PMhttp://www.northjersey.com/news/bail-lowered-for-little-falls-man-charged-in-gambling-ring-case-1.1606242

a quote from this article

"D'Alessio, who records show has used the aliases "Elvis" and "Andrew Dice Clay," was charged with money-laundering and promoting gambling 10 years ago when police raided Satin Dolls on Route 17, the famous location for "The Sopranos" Bada Bing club.

"As an example of the size of this illegal enterprise, over $1 million per week in illegal wagers were being placed, and an average of $500,000 per week was being paid out and/or collected by D'Alessio and his co-conspirators," said John Molinelli, who was the Bergen County prosecutor at the time." 

Three brothers were arrested, among the 46 others, one of whom is a Lodi Teacher.

1) ROBERT D'ALESSIO
Age: 62….1954
Little Falls, Racketeering
Promoting Gambling
Money Laundering
Conspiracy to Promote Gambling
Unemployed

13) THOMAS D'ALESSIO JR.
Age: 66…..1950
Hackettstown, NJ Promoting Gambling
Conspiracy to Promote Gambling
Retired

15) JOSEPH D'ALESSIO
Age: 55…..1961
Wyckoff, Promoting Gambling
Conspiracy to Promote Gambling
Teacher

From their fathers obituary,
Thomas R. D'Alessio, age 86 of Rockaway, formerly of Wayne, died peacefully on Monday, September 19, 2011
loved father of
Thomas D'Alessio, Jr. and his wife Victoria of Hackettstown,
Robert L. D'Alessio and his wife Julie of Montville, and
Joseph F. D'Alessio and his wife Arlene of Wyckoff;

and a daughter who has been omitted from this post.

Back in 2006 another "Sweep" netted 50 people, among those was Robert L. D'Alessio and his wife Julie. Julie, was also charged with money laundering and conspiracy to promote gambling.

This article is a blog from that time period with a reprint of the Records article.

http://www.entropysink.com/forums/index.php?topic=1864.0

and part of the article can be found here, or you can purchase it….

https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-128068984.html

Robert L. D'Alessio is shown as Unemployed, but this is his home….in his wife's Julie's name. Robert has had run-ins with law many times....

Taxes:     $ 31,587.72 / year

 Joseph& Arlene D'Alessio are residents of Wyckoff, NJ and Joseph is a teacher in Lodi, NJ. Arlene is a teacher in Pompton Lakes. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF JOSEPH HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BY THE LODI BOARD OF EDUCATION.

NAME:     DALESSIO, JOSEPH 

Employer Name:    LODI BD OF ED

Year of Birth:    1961
Salary This Employer:    $100,688.00
Years of Service:    31
Months of Service:    0
Enrollment Date:    01/01/1984
Veteran Status:    NON-VETERAN
Membership Tier:    1
Salary All Employers:    $100,688.00
Group:    
Pension Fund:    TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND

NAME:     DALESSIO, ARLENE
Employer Name:    POMPTON LAKES BD OF ED
Year of Birth:    1960
Salary This Employer:    $71,716.00
Years of Service:    18
Months of Service:    3
Enrollment Date:    09/01/1998
Veteran Status:    NON-VETERAN
Membership Tier:    1
Salary All Employers:    $71,716.00
Group:   
Pension Fund:    TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND 

                          Joseph & Arlene D'Alessio's house.

Taxes: $21,260.04

Thomas R. Jr. & Victoria Ann D'Alessio live in Hackettstown, NJ.and have, what appears to be, enough stuff to deal with…..

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/01/allamuchy_township_man_charged_1.html

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/06/allamuchy_township_man_overcom.html

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/01/allamuchy_township_man_charged_1.html

Dec. 27, 2013
"Authorities charged Michael Dalessio, of the first block of Mockingbird Road, on Tuesday with vehicular homicide and six counts of assault by automobile, court records indicate. He was sent to the Warren County jail in lieu of $125,000 bail."

State of New Jersey Department of Corrections:
https://www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/details?x=1498804&n=0

Guess we will NOT be hearing about this from the Lodi Board of Education or our MAYOR.

The dark side of Politics

A somewhat sad article appeared on NorthJersey.com today......

http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime-and-courts/mahwah-mayor-top-cop-accused-of-plot-1.1604221

A quote from this article is very interesting...

"In 2012, Sinclair lost a hotly contested election to Laforet, the incumbent, and subsequently became the target of retaliatory actions that included the discontinuation in 2013 of Sinclair's extra compensation of $6,000 a year for serving as the township's licensed sewer operator, and an attempt to thwart Sinclair's promotion to DPW director in 2014 by pushing for the selection of a former Lodi police chief who was a close friend of the mayor and Batelli, the suit said."

Mahwah Mayor William C. Laforet and Mawah Police Chief James N. Batelli 

According to Caruso's LinkedIn page......

Chief of Police
Lodi Police Department
January 2003 – July 2014 (11 years 7 months)

Even with Caruso's enormous pay-out, he was still pushing for "Public" employment, of course his "other" good friend, former Lodi DPW director Gerry Woods could have given him some good advise on how to RUN things......

another link about this incident & Mahwah, NJ

http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/town-government/28-year-council-veteran-says-she-will-not-seek-reelection-1.1587387 

 How in the world do Politicians expect the Public to respect & trust them?

TO A HIGHER STANDARD

DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO...........

https://www.facebook.com/LodiPD

The Lodi Police Department is so proud........

"The Lodi Police Department is proud to announce that it has been officially certified by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police as an Accredited police agency."

of course they do !!

 N.J.S.A. 39:4-138o

The above photo/video was taken at a public event for children, the children may not realize the infraction, but some of the adults did, way to go LPD...