Soap Opera – Jersey Style

Nidia Dávila Colón returned to the same Newark courtroom yesterday where her longtime political career as a Democrat crashed spectacularly in a 2003 trial that showcased love, betrayal and public corruption in New Jersey.

Back then, she was a five-term Hudson County Freeholder, the state's longest-serving elected female. This time, Colón was just another shackled inmate, pleading for a break on her sentence.