前市议员父子被新泽西州大陪审团起诉：涉高利贷敲诈洗钱、年利率逾50%并以暴力威胁追债
新泽西州总检察长詹妮弗·达文波特10月30日宣布，州大陪审团起诉了三名男子，指控他们经营高利贷、敲诈与洗钱团伙，并以恐吓和暴力威胁追债，其中包括英格尔斯敦镇前市议员约翰·E·阿利特及其儿子。
现年64岁的老阿利特在今年6月19日首次被捕后被免去市议员职务，此次面临盗窃性敲诈、公司不当行为、高利贷、洗钱等多项二级重罪指控，以及恐怖威胁与共谋等三级指控。现年35岁的儿子约翰·P·阿利特来自邻近的马纳拉潘，同样被控高利贷、共谋与洗钱；现年68岁的第三名被告斯蒂芬·洛克罗通多来自布里奇沃特，也被控高利贷、敲诈、公司不当行为、共谋与洗钱。
根据可能原因宣誓书，老阿利特发放的非法贷款年利率超过50%，借款人逾期后便遭到暴力威胁，原始贷款发放于2024年底，威胁行为持续了一年多。执法人员搜查老阿利特位于英格尔斯敦镇主街的住所时，查获约六根棒球棒、两根短棍、指虎、可伸缩警棍、一把弹簧刀和约二十把其他刀具，以及未凭处方持有的合成代谢类固醇。
案件由新泽西州警察官方腐败北区小组调查，州刑事司法部门副总检察长负责起诉。
来源：GSM·美国
Former Englishtown Councilman and Son Indicted by State Grand Jury in Loansharking, Extortion and Money Laundering Case with Rates over 50%
New Jersey — Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced on October 30 that a state grand jury has indicted three men for allegedly running a loansharking, extortion and money-laundering operation that relied on intimidation and violent threats to collect debts, including former Englishtown councilman John E. Alite and his son.
The elder Alite, 64, was removed from his council seat after his initial arrest on June 19. He now faces multiple second-degree charges, including theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury and money laundering, alongside third-degree counts of terroristic threats and conspiracy. His son, John P. Alite, 35, of neighboring Manalapan, was indicted on usury, conspiracy and money-laundering charges. The third defendant, Stephen Locrotondo, 68, of Bridgewater, was indicted on usury, extortion, corporate misconduct, conspiracy and money laundering.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, the elder Alite issued illicit loans at annual interest rates exceeding 50 percent and threatened borrowers with violence when they fell behind; the original loans were made in late 2024 and the threats continued for more than a year. A search of his Main Street home in Englishtown turned up about six baseball bats, two blackjacks, metal knuckles, an expandable baton, a switchblade and roughly two dozen other knives, along with unprescribed anabolic steroids.
The case was investigated by the New Jersey State Police Official Corruption North Unit, and a deputy attorney general in the Division of Criminal Justice is leading the prosecution.
Source: GSM America
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