Charges against the brother of an imprisoned political powerbroker were dropped this week when prosecutors determined there was not enough evidence to link him to negative mayoral campaign fliers. Michael Callaway, a brother of former City Council President Craig Callaway, was arrested with another local man March 14 shortly after fliers defaming mayoral candidate Domenic Cappella were placed on various cars in City Hall's parking lot. But prosecutors threw out breach of peace charges against 52-year-old Michael Callaway at a brief hearing Wednesday at Atlantic City Municipal Court because of "lack of prosecution," according to court records.| Since when do we arrest people for nasty campaign flyers? |
The same flier also vaguely accused Cappella of stealing documents for the purposes of blackmail. Cappella, the city's assistant business administrator, said he had also retrieved others that same day that insulted his age and fiery temper.
Michael Callaway did not respond to an interview request, but his brother, Ronald, said plans to sue the city are in motion. "This is a wrongful arrest," said Ronald Callaway, also known as Jihad Q. Abdullah, "and I expect to see a big story in The Press, just like the one you ran when they first arrested him."