The criminal indictment alleging racketeering against longtime New Jersey Democratic powerbroker George Norcross and others has been thrown out on the grounds that the allegations didn’t reach the level of coercion or extortion as prosecutors alleged.

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter Warshaw said in his 100-page ruling issued on Wednesday that the charges brought are also “time-barred” as the statute of limitations has already expired on the allegations. The ruling grants a motion to dismiss from Norcross and the other defendants charged in the case.

The indictment accused Norcross and the others of running a criminal “enterprise” since 2012 through using political influence to push for legislation that benefitted them. The others charged in the case were Norcross’s brother Philip Norcross, his attorney William Tambussi, former Camden Mayor Dana Redd, trucking and logistics company executive Sidney Brown and development company executive John J. O’Donnell.

State Attorney General Matt Platkin (D),........

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