Suspended Cop Chief denied reinstatement... | December 25th, 1988 | Charles Cobbertt
A judge in Newark has denied suspended Orange Police Chief Robert Sorge 's request to be reinstated while awaiting a hearing on charges of bribery, insubordination and conduct unbecoming a police officer. Supperior Court Judge Paul B. Thompson turned down both of Sorge's requests on Friday and denied the chief's request to name an acting chief to run the department while he awaits disposition of the charges filed against him Monday. "There's absolutely no basis for these allegations," argued Jerome Convery, Sorge's attorney, referring to the chief being accused of using an Orange auto repair shop's license plates on his private car between July 25 and October. Sorge "unlawfully borrowed (license) plates from a car dealer in town." It is "highly likely he conspired with a city businessman and personal friend of his" to get the plates, and he failed to even register the car with the state Department of Motor Vehicles until recently, c...