“It became more of a sexy story than the crimes that he allegedly committed,” said Harvey Fisher, a former Trenton bureau chief for the Bergen Record.
But Friedland’s story began in Jersey City, where he was born Dec. 20, 1937 to Jacob Friedland and Miriam Rose. His father, an attorney, served in the state Assembly from 1939 to 1951.
It was while Friedland was a state senator that he really began to get into trouble, beginning a chain of events that ended with his arrest. The tale began with Friedland reported missing in the Bahamas, where authorities searched the area in which he was said to have been scuba diving before failing to surface.
Once back in New Jersey, he was sentenced to seven years and then another 15, which he was ordered to serve concurrently. He was released after eight years. While in prison, Friedland told the Chicago Tribune, “If my life ended today, I would be content. I have lived a very full life. I never get bored. I’m like a whirlwind of energy, even in here.”
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