STATE OF NEW JERSEY
COMMISSION
OF
INVESTIGATION
SCI
38th ANNUAL REPORT
2006
State of New Jersey
Commission
of Investigation
SCI
28 West State St.
P.O. Box 045
Trenton, N.J.
08625-0045
609.292.6767
www.state.nj.us/sci
Members of the Commission
W. Cary Edwards
Chair
Mr. Edwards was appointed
to the Commission in 1997 by
Governor Christine Whitman
and was named Chair in
Joseph R. Mariniello, Jr.
December 2004 by Acting
Commissioner
Governor Richard J. Codey. An attorney since
December 1970, he is a senior lawyer in the law firm
Mr.Mariniello was appointed
of Edwards & Caldwell, with offices in Hawthorne,
to the Commission in March
Hoboken and New York City. Mr. Edwards served as
2002 by Assembly Speaker
New Jersey Attorney General from 1986 to 1989,
Albio Sires. An attorney, he
prior to which he was chief counsel to Governor
is a partner in the law firm of
Thomas H. Kean between 1982 and 1986. He was
Mariniello & Mariniello, P.C., with offices in Fort
elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1977
Lee. Mr. Mariniello has served as counsel to
and served three terms and was a member of the
numerous municipal governments, boards of
Borough Council and Council President in Oakland
adjustment, planning boards and boards of education
between 1975 and 1979. He has served as an adjunct
throughout northern New Jersey. He has also
faculty member of Seton Hall University and the
appeared before a range of state agencies both in New
Eagleton Institute of Government, Politics and Public
Jersey and in Michigan. Mr. Mariniello graduated
Policy at Rutgers University. A scholarship student
from Villanova University in 1991 and earned his law
and graduate of Seton Hall, Mr. Edwards earned his
degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1994.
law degree in 1970 from Seton Hall University Law
School and is the recipient of five honorary Doctor of
Law degrees and more than 100 public service awards
and recognitions.
Kathy Flicker
Commissioner
Ms. Flicker was appointed to
the Commission in October
Patrick E. Hobbs
2002 by Senate Co-President
Commissioner
John Bennett. An attorney
and career prosecutor, she
Mr. Hobbs was appointed to
served as Director of the New
the Commission in November
Jersey Division of Criminal Justice from April 2000
2004 by Governor James E.
until January 2002, when she was appointed Assistant
McGreevey. He is the Dean
Attorney General-in-Charge of the State Office of
of Seton Hall University
Counter-Terrorism. Prior to those positions, Ms.
School of Law, a position he has held since 1999.
Flicker was a longtime Deputy First Assistant
From 1996 through 1999, Mr. Hobbs was Associate
Prosecutor in Mercer County and a Deputy Attorney
Dean for Finance at the Law School. He is also a
General. As a trial attorney, she prosecuted numerous
professor of law at Seton Hall, teaching in the areas of
corruption, organized crime and street crime cases
taxation and law & literature. In 1997, Mr. Hobbs
and was the lead prosecutor in State v.
served as project director of the Newark in the 21st
Timmendequas, the case which dealt with the murder
Century Commission and is a member of the board of
of seven-year-old Megan Kanka. She is an adjunct
the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism and
professor at Rutgers University-Camden Law School
the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He is
and serves as Vice Chair of the Disciplinary Oversight
active in the American Bar Association Section on
Committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Ms.
Legal Education. Prior to joining the faculty of Seton
Flicker is a graduate of Indiana University and
Hall Law School, he was an associate in private
Rutgers University-Camden Law School.
practice. Mr. Hobbs is a graduate of Seton Hall
University, earned his law degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned an
advanced law degree in taxation from New York
University School of Law.
A Message from the Executive Director
Each year in our annual report, the SCI reviews our past accomplishments and
reinstates our continued commitment to conduct independent investigations to expose
inequities and suspected violations of laws that interfere with the quality of life for New
Jersey citizens. We understand, however, we cannot rest on our past achievements. The
SCI welcomes the challenges that lie ahead and solicits the input of concerned citizens in
the fight against organized crime, corruption, and the waste and abuse of taxpayer funds.
Legitimate complaints received either directly at our offices, through regular mail
or by the e-mail hotline available on our Website are carefully evaluated to determine the
most effective and efficient manner of response. In some instances, matters brought to
our attention may become part of a larger investigative record or they may be referred to
other more appropriate governmental agencies for consideration. Unlike the fictional
investigations on television that are wrapped up within a half-hour episode, it may take
some time. But in every case, the interests of an informed and responsive citizenry are
paramount.
Americans should never accept crime or corruption as a way of life. There is a
system in place in our Republic to address a citizen’s problems and to work out a just
conclusion. This structure includes the vast majority of honest, hard-wor
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