The newly elected mayor, the Rev. Donald C. Luster, pleaded guilty to robbery in 1991.

Pusey was unable to respond, and the mayor pleaded, 'Get the troops here, Pusey, or this whole town is gonna go up.'

The former mayor of Hainesport has pleaded guilty to diverting more than $300,000 in public funds for personal use, the Division of Criminal Justice said yesterday.

The mayor and two other defendants have pleaded not guilty.

A former mayor of Asbury Park and an associate have pleaded not guilty to attempting to bribe a councilwoman.

The mayor, Ronald Corn, 57, pleaded guilty in January to a charge of official misconduct.

This is why the nation's mayors marched on Washington and pleaded all year for their seven-point $35 billion program of urban aid.

For a second time, the mayor of Bridgeport, Joseph P. Ganim, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a federal indictment accusing him of corruption.

"Let me die with them," the mayor pleaded as the water charged them, roaring, grasping.

The mayor of Irvington, Sara B. Bost, pleaded not guilty yesterday to federal corruption charges, the United States attorney's office said.