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Edward Helmore in Englishtown, New Jersey

Former mob killer leaves crime behind to become New Jersey councilman

a man in a white shirt and blue jeans stands next to a sign that reads 'John Alite vote for councilman'
John Alite, a former Gambino crime family member turned councilman. Photograph: Ed Helmore/The Guardian

John Alite has big plans for Englishtown, New Jersey, a small hamlet best known for potatoes, a drag racing strip, and the Battle of Monmouth during the revolutionary wars.

But not everyone is certain they want Alite, 62, having a say over municipal matters in the town of about 2,350 people, where he was appointed a council member earlier this year and comes up for confirmation early next month.

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