NJ Councilman arrested for theft after rivals put tracking device on political signs

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GOP split in Readington fuels nasty civil war tied to Trump and Kean vs. Malinowski congressional races

The backdrop to the story is a bitter internal fight between moderate old guard Republicans and a newer, significantly more conservative [MAGA] faction in a Hunterdon County municipality split by supporters and opponents of Donald Trump.

Last year, two incumbents from the moderate [GOP] faction, John Albanese and Jonathan Heller, lost party support but ran off the line and narrowly won the GOP primary.

There have been allegations of sign stealing over the last few years

The conservative faction grew tired of playing the game and built out an independent sting operation.

They decided to attach Apple AirTags to repurposed signs...

The opposition followed the signal to Albanese’s home. Panico telephoned a police sergeant to report the theft. They found the six anti-Malinowski signs there and placed Albanese under arrest.

 

[AlexB23]

GOP split in Readington fuels nasty civil war tied to Trump and Kean vs. Malinowski congressional races

The backdrop to the story is a bitter internal fight between moderate old guard Republicans and a newer, significantly more conservative [MAGA] faction in a Hunterdon County municipality split by supporters and opponents of Donald Trump.

Last year, two incumbents from the moderate [GOP] faction, John Albanese and Jonathan Heller, lost party support but ran off the line and narrowly won the GOP primary.

There have been allegations of sign stealing over the last few years

The conservative faction grew tired of playing the game and built out an independent sting operation.

They decided to attach Apple AirTags to repurposed signs...

The opposition followed the signal to Albanese’s home. Panico telephoned a police sergeant to report the theft. They found the six anti-Malinowski signs there and placed Albanese under arrest.

Same stuff happened when Republicans took Democrat signs as well in 2022: An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen Democratic campaign signs

In 2018, a Democrat stole a Republican sign: https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...alls-trackers-to-find-person-taking-down-his/

So yes, both sides steal each others signs.

Edited to reflect 2018 news story.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Same stuff happened when Republicans took Democrat signs as well in 2022: An AirTag led police to a dumpster filled with more than 100 stolen Democratic campaign signs

So yes, both sides steal each others signs.

In both of these stories, it was Republicans committing the thievery.

 

[AlexB23]

In both of these stories, it was Republicans committing the thievery.

Yep. Misread the story. I added a 2018 news article, showing the opposite, where a lone democrat stole a Republican sign. So now we can confidently say that both sides have stolen from each other.