This is worrisome:
Jack Shaw, a Jersey City political consultant who was among 44 people charged in a federal corruption probe, has died.
Two officials with knowledge of the investigation said Shaw was found at home with several bottles of pills nearby. One of the officials said Shaw, 61, had an unspecified medical condition, and authorities are not jumping to conclusions about the cause of his death.
I’m not jumping to any conclusions, either…but given that this is New Jersey, I think extra vigilance is needed by the authorities to keep the principals of this case alive at least until they testify. Now, this could have just been one of those things – or, he could have been “helped” along here by people with a lot to lose. Not to put too fine a point on it, but New Jersey is a State where strange things happen to people who place the political-economic power elite at risk.