CAMDEN, N.J. - The sentencing of a former New Jersey police chief, who was convicted of lying to the FBI and is awaiting retrial on hate crime assault and civil rights violation charges, was postponed.Former Bordentown Township police chief Frank Nucera, 64, had been scheduled for sentencing April 16 on the lone federal conviction.
But a federal judge rescheduled the proceedings for May 13, citing "serious medical issues" that hospitalized the defendant for nine days in February."I do believe that he is not, at this point, physically well enough to continue," Kugler said during a brief conference call Thursday.MORE: Jurors returning to mull ex-police chief's hate crime trialNucera’s attorney, Rocco Cipparone Jr., said he has only.