Judge dismisses theft charges against Gloucester Dem insider
A municipal court judge has dismissed theft charges against Deputy Gloucester County Administrator Michelle Coryell over the objection of the victim.
Coryell was accused of stealing documents from an aide to a Republican county commissioner in June. She allegedly picked up a handful of documents from a shared printer; a surveillance video shows her taking photographs of those documents with her cell phone inside an elevator.
Westville Municipal Prosecutor Gary Lomanno said the documents Coryell allegedly stole were public records from a government office.
“Honestly, I didn’t see a whole lot here in discovery to go forward,” said Lomanno, a veteran political appointee who has donated thousands to Democratic candidates. “These are public records that were taken. Yes, they were taken when somebody printed them.”
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