The criminal case involving New Jersey political kingmaker George Norcross that includes NFI CEO Sidney Brown as a fellow defendant spawned two actions this month that provide more details on the real estate battles at the heart of the indictment.
Most recently, the defendants, including Norcross and Brown, filed a motion in Superior Court in Mercer County (home of the state capital, Trenton) on Tuesday to have the indictment dismissed.
That followed a civil lawsuit filed in early September...
In a process that took just minutes, NFI CEO and founding family member Sidney Brown pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the broad indictment of South New Jersey political powerhouse leader George Norcross.
Brown’s attorney was not able to attend the arraignment of Norcross and four other defendants in early July, so Brown’s arraignment was delayed until Wednesday.
NFI, a truckload carrier, is not part of the indictment, and representatives for the company have stressed that it is...