UPDATE: Bergen County Prosecutor To Resign

John Molinelli confirmed Tuesday he will resign from his position as Bergen County prosecutor.

According to the report, Molinelli was told by a member of Gov. Chris Christie’s staff that he intends to appoint a replacement and have been asked to “provide a timeline for my retirement but that’s all.”

“I am not resigning today,” Molinelli said in an e-mail to Patch. “I have been advised by the governor’s office of his intent to appoint a replacement and have been asked to provide a timeline for my retirement.”

Appointed as county prosecutor in 2002, Molinelli has come under scrutiny in the past several months, due in part to allegations that he wrongly allowed Dr. Gangaram Ragi, a Teaneck dermatologist, to enter a pretrial intervention after he allegedly assaulted women patients, The Record reported.

According to sources cited by PolitickerNJ, Molinelli’s resignation is connected to the Ragi case. It is the latest in a string of bad press for Molinelli.

A state appellate panel tossed out former Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa’s conviction and described the Molinelli’s prosecution against him as “weak and tainted by prejudicial and improper remarks and evidence,” The Record reported.

The resignation has not been officially confirmed. No announcement has been e-mailed or posted on the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office’s website or the office’s Twitter account.

(Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli/County Prosecutor’s Office website)