Bellville Mayor Michael A. Melham says the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is skirting its duty to protect him and others by not bringing harassment charges against a Belleville resident who created a fake mage featuring the mayor’s actual home, altering it to make it appear the home was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, flanked by a watch tower, barbed wire, security cameras and an ICE vehicle — all posted to social media.
Melham issued a statement Thursday, Feb. 19, in response to the ECPO’s reported decision not to prosecute the man responsible for the image.
Here’s Melham’s statement:…