Former Newark mayoral aide pleads guilty to accepting bribes

Al-Tarik Onque, a former senior aide to Newark Mayors Cory Booker and Ras Baraka, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to hasten the city’s permitting process.

Onque, who mainly handled constituent services, was charged with accepting cash bribes to expedite the process of obtaining building code certificates or occupancy certificates. He was also charged with providing falsified versions of those documents.

He pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini.

Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba’s office announced the guilty plea on Thursday. The charge, conspiracy to commit honest service fraud, carries a maximum of 20 years in jail and a $250,000 fine.


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