Port Authority hire of former Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale is being investigated by FBI
admin | Apr 05, 2011 | Comments 0
A controversial pick to fill the No. 2 spot at the Port Authority Police Department has sparked a federal corruption probe, The Post has learned.
As if out of nowhere, former NYPD cop Jerry Speziale, a key New Jersey Democratic power player, suddenly got the gig from Republicans last summer while in the middle of a re-election campaign as sheriff in Passaic County, NJ.
He was tapped by GOPers aligned with Republican Gov. Chris Christie. But when officials were repeatedly asked by the media how his gubernatorial appointment materialized and why Republicans would make such an unusual cross-party move, the queries were met with nothing but silence.
Adena Stevens/The Star-Ledger
WHO? Jerry Speziale was tapped for the PAPD by Gov. Chris Christie.
