John Fahy, known for prosecuting government corruption as well as defending those accused of it, was found dead near his Rutherford home Wednesday, an apparent suicide. He was 58.

Fahy, a former assistant U.S. attorney and Bergen County prosecutor, died of a single gunshot wound to his head. A handgun was discovered near his body under a New Jersey Transit railroad trestle along Route 17 in East Rutherford.