A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.

Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane wins re-election, defeating write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich after an alleged attempted coup ...

Robert Ehrlich arrived with a crew of three men and a list of demands for Sea Cliff officials — including requiring his own ...

Robert Ehrlich, the founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty, attempted to seize control of his coastal Long Island village ...

Robert Ehrlich was “falsely asserting his authority as mayor, demanding access to office space, and declaring that the entire ...

Officials say Robert Ehrlich stormed into Sea Cliff Village Hall in Nassau County, declared himself mayor and attempted to fire all village staff, citing an obscure state law.

Robert Ehrlich, 66, founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty snack, declared himself the winner of Sea Cliff’s mayoral election ...

The founder of Pirate's Booty, the puffed corn and rice snack food, has launched a "mutiny" in the Long Island community of ...

Sea Cliff's Elena Villafane wins mayoral race with 1,064 votes, defeating write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich, on Long Island.

Robert Ehrlich claims that he had used a little-known state law, the Citizen Empowerment Act, to form what he calls the ...

Robert Ehrlich, founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty, launched a bizarre bid to take over the local government in his ...

Officials say the founder of the Pirate’s Booty snack line baselessly declared himself mayor of the small Long Island village ...