Lakewood - 78 Dismissed Tickets Under Scrutiny

Lakewood, The township attorney this week disclosed that an administrative review continues into why 78 summonses - included violations of traffic laws and code enforcement - were dismissed in a ticket-fixing controversy, it is the latest development in the case of the quashed tickets.


At a meeting on Thursday, committee members defended themselves against accusations that the ticket-fixing saga was a byproduct of favoritism to the township's large Orthodox Jewish population.

But the local Pastor said he believed the 78 summonses were dismissed because the defendants were Orthodox Jews.