Prison for the man who sent a racist e-mail to the councilor of the old bridge

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Adam Valvo pleaded guilty to partial intimidation; Police say he sent a threatening email to Old Bridge’s only African-American councillor.

April 21, 2023 12:39 p.m. EDT

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — An Old Bridge man who police say sent a racist and harassing email to an Old Bridge councilwoman has been sentenced to six months in prison for felony biased intimidation.

According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, Adam Valvo, 50, sent what the prosecutor called a racist email to former Old Bridge Councilwoman Edina Brown on March 7, 2021. The email contained profanity and racial slurs.

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The email was sent anonymously, but Old Bridge Police investigated and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Bias Crimes Unit was also brought in.

A joint investigation revealed that Valvo sent the email to Brown.

According to MyCentralJersey.com and NJ.com, the email contained the N-word multiple times and asked the counselor to get out of Old Bridge. The author “said they didn’t know how Brown got elected to a ‘Republican township’ and wanted to do ‘everything in my power to get your n—–a– out from here'”, according to NJ.com.

The counselor said she feared for her safety.

On April 27 of last year, Valvo was charged with two counts of fourth-degree intimidation and one count of harassment.

He pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree intimidation. On March 24 this year, Middlesex County Judge, Hon. Craig Corson sentenced Valvo to six months in Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility, followed by two years of probationary supervision.

Middlesex County District Attorney Ciccone stressed that using racist language to harass or intimidate an elected official is a crime in New Jersey – and his office will prosecute those who do so to the fullest extent of the law.

“Hateful rhetoric used as a weapon of intimidation in the commission of a crime has no place in Middlesex County,” said Ciccone, Middlesex County’s first-ever female prosecutor. “I also want to applaud the efforts of law enforcement who have worked so hard to put an end to Ms. Brown.”

Old Bridge Police Detective William Dugan and Detective Jason Mendelson of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined that Valvo was the author and sender of the email.

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