Prosecutors investigate alleged campaign sign theft in West Orange

Missing campaign signs in West Orange lead to a county investigation that stems from a report in the New Jersey Globe saying stolen signs paid for by a local bagel shop owner with Apple AirTags were traced back to mayoral candidate Tammy Williams. And these signs are urging voters to reject both Williams and incumbent mayor Susan McCartney. Prosecutors say they're investigating and cannot confirm any additional details. Well the signs are from Jarrett Seltzer who owns Bagels by Jarrett. You might remember when the township fined him for covering the windows at his business back in 2023. He tells us around 50 signs were taken, tracked to Williams. I put air tags in them from the start because I know how dirty this town can get. Around 5 p.m. that day, I was about to go out to dinner and my sign moved. And unfortunately, I couldn't go find my sign because I was going out to dinner. Throughout that entire dinner, we were watching the phone ping. And it was jumping around and it was jumping around. And at 6.30 p.m., it pinged at the address of Councilwoman Tammy Williams. And we were like, what? News 12 reached out to both Williams and Mayor McCartney for comment. We have not heard back. Our Tom Krasnowski is in West Orange working to find who's to blame. See the full story tonight at 10.