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OPINION: Joy DeSanctis, Once Guilty Of Kidnapping, Playing Politics In Belmar

Joy DeSanctis has run for office before, and is now bringing her brand of politics to Belmar. According to an article in the New York Times, Mrs. DeSanctis ran for Council in Freehold before moving to Belmar.

Joy DeSanctis has run for office before, and is now bringing her brand of politics to Belmar.  According to an article in the New York Times, Mrs. DeSanctis ran for Council in Freehold before moving to Belmar.

Here is the article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/03/nyregion/when-the-candidate-is-a-kidnapper.html

I guess having plead guilty to kidnapping was a detriment to her running in Freehold, so now she is getting involved in Belmar as the head of the group opposed to rebuilding the Belmar Pavilions.

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