A public defender and a court interpreter allegedly schemed to extort cash from a Spanish-speaking defendant who was told he had to pay $800 for representation.
Mario Persiano Jr. worked in concert with interpreter Ana Baisden and received half the $800 the drunken-driving defendant paid her, Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk said in announcing the indictment.
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