A federal suit filed Aug. 29 in Newark alleges that a confidential informant was murdered after the Bergen County Prosecutors Office blew his cover to organized crime figures.
In Estate of Lagano v. State of New Jersey, 12-cv-5441, the plaintiff claims the county prosecutor and the state Division of Criminal Justice, which set up the informant arrangement, creat[ed] a dangerous condition that led to Frank Laganos violent death.