Christopher Milam and Bryan Bush, both South Jersey Transportation Authority commissioiners, led a push last year to delay payments owed to an contractor who crossed Norcross, prosecutors said.
George Norcross probe: Two South Jersey transit officials charged with using authority to exact political revenge
A spokesperson for Norcross did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. His spokesperson has previously said Norcross “had nothing to do with” the withheld payments at the heart of the case. The charges marked the first public sign of progress in a years-long, multipronged probe of Norcross and his allies that has involved at least two grand juries, and dozens of subpoenas to government officials and agencies.
Investigators later expanded their probe, issuing a subpoena to the South Jersey Transportation Authority, which oversees the Atlantic City Airport and the Atlantic City Expressway, earlier this year and interviewing witnesses. That resulted in the charges Friday against Milam and Bush. Shortly after, the SJTA board began voting against approving invoices from T&M for work it had done on a consulting contract at the airport. Prosecutors said Friday that those votes were steered by Milam, who in addition to serving on the authority’s board is also chairman of the Washington Township Democratic Committee in Gloucester County, and Bush, who also works as the business manager of Local 19 of the Sheet Metal Workers Union in Philadelphia.
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