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FRIDAY 09.19.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 225
SINCE 1879
ADVICE JERSEY ALIVE
CLASSIFIED D4
COMICS JERSEY ALIVE
LOCAL A3
MOVIES JERSEY ALIVE
OBITUARIES A9
OPINION A16
SPORTS C1
WEATHER C10
YOUR MONEY A14
TRENTON A jury in federal court here has found former Manalapan May-
or Andrew Lucas guilty of all charges in an indictment surrounding a
questionable land deal that netted him nearly $1.2 million in taxpayer
money. The jury reached the verdict Thursday following a two-week
trial before U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson. Lucas, 37, remains
free on a $500,000 bond, pending sentencing on Jan. 20, 2015, when he
Ex-Manalapan mayor
guilty on all charges
Andrew Lucas
BY KATHLEEN HOPKINS AND DUSTIN RACIOPPI @KHOPKINSAPP AND @DRACIOPPI
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POST-
SEASON
PREVIEW?
Middletown South and Neptune clash
tonight in what could be a Central IV
playoff preview. Story, C1
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WRAP IT UP, GWB PANEL URGED
STORY, A11