The mayor of Atlantic City attacked by the FBI

FBI agents raided the home of Atlantic City mayor Frank Gilliam shortly before Monday morning, the agency told NJ Advance Media.

"We can confirm that our agents were executing a search warrant at Mayor Frank Gilliam's home," said Doreen Holder, public affairs specialist at the FBI office in Newark, refusing to comment on the reasons for the arrest. the possible seizure of documents.

At least a dozen agents were seen entering and exiting the home of Ohio Avenue Avenue on Monday morning. , by deleting more than 10 boxes. An on-site FBI spokeswoman said FBI agents and the IRS were involved in the search of her home.

Throughout the morning, dozens of residents lined the street to watch the agents pass by. Around noon, a group of about seven people beginning to pray on the street in front of the mayor's house.

Around 12:30 pm Gilliam left home with his wife and left without comment.

Gilliam, a Democrat elected in November 2017, was also recently summoned to convictions of municipal criminals after a brawl in mid-November at the Haven Disco. [19659007] Democrats want unpaid mayor and councilor of Atlantic City

Gilliam and councilman Jeffree Fauntleroy II were involved in a fight in front of Golden Nugget's Haven Night Club on November 11 around 2:22. Someone implicated allege that the elected officials attacked them. and chased them with a car.

Last week, the Cape May Attorney's Office stated that it would not bring any complaints against Gilliam or Fauntleroy. Both will still face citizen complaints lodged against them as a result of the incident. They are currently scheduled to appear in a courtroom in North Wildwood on December 11th.

And in an independent case, a criminal complaint was filed against the mayor in the Superior Court for a check for $ 10,000 at the order of the Atlantic City Democratic Committee filed in the Campaign Account of the mayor.

Gilliam stated that the check was deposited on his account by mistake. In April, Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury dismissed the charges, claiming that there was not "even a scintilla of evidence" of wrongdoing, and that there was no evidence of wrongdoing. case had been closed.