New Jersey Council Member John Alite Charged with Loan Sharking, Extortion, and Threats
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New Jersey Council Member John Alite Charged with Loan Sharking, Extortion, and Threats
John Alite, a Republican member of the Englishtown Borough Council in New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses related to an alleged illegal lending operation. According to charges announced by New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, Alite allegedly issued loans that exceeded legal interest rate limits and later used threats of violence to collect money and property from borrowers. The charges against him include theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, and terroristic threats. Prosecutors also allege that he used his company, Straightened-Out Entertainment, as part of the scheme.
Davenport stated that businesses are expected to operate within the law and that authorities will pursue those who engage in fraudulent or coercive conduct. The case has drawn significant attention because of Alite’s well-known criminal past. Before entering local politics, Alite was associated with the Gambino crime family and worked closely with notorious mob figures John Gotti and John Gotti Jr. He reportedly earned the nickname 'the Calculator' due to his role in managing criminal finances and drug trafficking operations.
After being arrested in Brazil, Alite cooperated with U.S. authorities and later pleaded guilty to racketeering offenses that included involvement in two murders. He served approximately 14 years in prison before being released. In recent years, he publicly presented himself as a reformed individual, speaking about his past and promoting a message of rehabilitation. When appointed to the Englishtown council in 2025, Alite stated that he was no longer involved in criminal activity and wanted to contribute positively to public service. The new charges now place that claim under renewed scrutiny as the legal proceedings move forward.
New Jersey Council Member John Alite Charged with Loan Sharking, Extortion, and Threats
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New Jersey Council Member John Alite Charged with Loan Sharking, Extortion, and Threats
John Alite, a Republican member of the Englishtown Borough Council in New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses related to an alleged illegal lending operation. According to charges announced by New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, Alite allegedly issued loans that exceeded legal interest rate limits and later used threats of violence to collect money and property from borrowers. The charges against him include theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury, and terroristic threats. Prosecutors also allege that he used his company, Straightened-Out Entertainment, as part of the scheme.
Davenport stated that businesses are expected to operate within the law and that authorities will pursue those who engage in fraudulent or coercive conduct. The case has drawn significant attention because of Alite’s well-known criminal past. Before entering local politics, Alite was associated with the Gambino crime family and worked closely with notorious mob figures John Gotti and John Gotti Jr. He reportedly earned the nickname 'the Calculator' due to his role in managing criminal finances and drug trafficking operations.
After being arrested in Brazil, Alite cooperated with U.S. authorities and later pleaded guilty to racketeering offenses that included involvement in two murders. He served approximately 14 years in prison before being released. In recent years, he publicly presented himself as a reformed individual, speaking about his past and promoting a message of rehabilitation. When appointed to the Englishtown council in 2025, Alite stated that he was no longer involved in criminal activity and wanted to contribute positively to public service. The new charges now place that claim under renewed scrutiny as the legal proceedings move forward.
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A Republican town official in New Jersey with a history that includes ties to the mafia and a 14-year prison sentence for 6 murders was arrested for crimes associated with loansharking. #gop #republicans #republican #newjersey #njpol #news #uspol #uspolitics #maga #murder #crime #criminal
https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/englishtown-councilman-and-ex-gotti-mob-enforcer-arrested-for-loansharking/
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Join Jersey Shore Blue as we send Citizens Bank a clear message: financing private prison and immigration detention facility operators The GEO Group and CoreCivic is bad for business.
Please bring signs specific to this action: De-ICE Citizens Bank; Cages Aren't Communities; Citizens Bank - Stop Financing ICE Prisons; Citizens Bank + ICE = Human Rights Abuse; ICE Prisons Don't Strengthen Our Communities; Citizens Bank - Cut Ties With ICE Prisons; etc.
Citizens Bank is bankrolling the country’s two largest prison companies that are earning record profits operating dozens of ICE detention facilities. The GEO Group owns and operates Delaney Hall in Newark while Core Civic leases the Elizabeth Detention Center from a private entity and operates it as well.
While most major banks have cut ties with CoreCivic and The GEO Group, Citizens Bank is deepening its financial support for these companies, which are already holding more than half of the 70,000 immigrants currently in ICE detention centers across the country.
The bank’s capital is supporting a deplorable ICE agenda that aims to fill detention centers with more than 100,000 people by next year.
Even as it publicly touts its commitment to “strengthening our communities,” Citizens Bank has played a key role in helping The GEO Group and CoreCivic access more than $2.5 billion in financing, some of it approved earlier this year. This comes as the companies face a mountain of allegations, including forced labor and wrongful deaths due to understaffing and medical neglect at their facilities.
We won't quietly stand by as Citizens continues to finance the private prison & ICE detention companies that are harming our communities. The 2019 exodus of banks from the industry in response to activism should be a reminder to us that our voices matter. Now it's time to use them. Visit www.de-icecitizensbank.org for more information and other actions you can take!
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Join the Visibility Brigade on Father’s Day to bear witness and provide a powerful visual reminder of the suffering happening daily inside Delaney Hall & outside in the hearts and minds of children separated from their fathers.
We will bring the letters. Please just bring a pair of helping hands, an empathetic heart, and eyes wide open to the suffering of those detained inside and the children outside--separated from their fathers. Singing & playing instruments are welcome.
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Here’s 11 sites of New Jersey’s Black History that are getting historical markers this year
New Jersey's Black Heritage Trail helps citizens engage with the state's African American history through its network of 52 historic sites.
"Though there are many Black enclaves in South Jersey, ... [Lawnside] is the state’s only incorporated antebellum Black community. First known as Free Haven, and later Snow Hill, it was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Peter Mott built a three-floor dwelling in 1844 that was once part of sprawling farmland where he helped slaves escape."
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Historical marker recognizing New Jersey’s only incorporated Black municipality to be unveiled Friday
The state’s only antebellum community will be part of the Black Heritage Trail.
Major Update as Missing Republican Mystery Deepens
The New Jersey congressman is apparently done hiding from the public eye.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-update-as-missing-republican-tom-kean-mystery-deepens/
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