N.J. gov frees man convicted on gun charge

Real good news: NJ man jailed 7 years for owning legal guns gets sentence commuted by Chris Christie
This truly is good news! An update on a post from 3 weeks ago: NJ Judge jails man 7 years for owning legal guns, lets man free for having sex with animals. From New Jersey Online via memeorandum: Gov. Chris Christie commutes sentence of man convicted of having guns in N.J. illegally Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be out of Prison in time for Christmas. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's s...

NJ Man Released From Prison Day After Commutation
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man has been released from Prison one day after Gov. Chris Christie commuted the man’s seven-year sentence for violating Gun Laws. A Corrections Department spokeswoman says 27-year-old Brian Aitken, who was found with guns he’d purchased legally in Colorado, left Mid-State Correctional Facility Tuesday morning. Aitken was sentenced to Prison in August. In 2009, he muttered to his mother that life wasn’t worth living, then left her home in...

Christie Commutes Gun Sentence
TRENTON -- Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns that he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be spending Christmas out of Prison. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence, from seven years to time served, according to an order the Governor signed today....

Sweeney Talks Impeachment, New Laws For New Year
N.J. Sen. Stephen Sweeney (credit: NJLegDistrict3.com) TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney says he’ll push for new laws to force towns to share services and to change some Gun Laws in the new year. In a wide-ranging interview Wednesday on Radio Station New Jersey 101.5, Sweeney also reiterated Impeachment proceedings are being talked about concerning Supreme Court Justice Rivera-Soto. The justice is refusing to participate in court decisions as long as a ...

One of my oldest friends hits the big time
One of my oldest and dearest friends has hit the big time with an appointment from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Labels: Mark Levenson, New Jersey Israel Commission ...

TSA Security In Full Swing This Holiday Season (VIDEO)
The coming days will see an influx of travelers flying to their families or friends for the Christmas holiday. But what is the TSA doing to make Americans safer this Holiday Season? Just days after a terminal at New Jersey's Newark airport went into lockdown after a Suspicious Package was found, the TSA has increased security at the nation's airports, says TSA Administrator John Pistole. The Controversial full-body scanners are now scattered across the country. All in all, passengers seem t...

Leadership: Governor Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence
by the Left Coast Rebel We didn't cover the story here but certainly were aware of it, the case of New Jersey resident Brian Aitken (pictured right) convicted to seven years in Prison for the possession of two Handguns that he legally purchased in Colorado. Allahpundit provides some background: ...he’s a cause celebre among Libertarians and Second Amendment fans — for good reason. In a nutshell: He bought three guns, entirely legally, when he was living in Colorado and brought them...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Commutes Sentence of Man Sent to Jail for Owning Guns Legally
Brian Aitken, 27, seen here in an undated photograph, was sentenced to seven years in Prison for guns his attorney and father claim were owned legally. Some experts told FoxNews.com the entrepreneur was a Victim of the country's "patchwork" of Gun Laws. A man given seven years in Prison after being found with two guns he purchased legally in Colorado has had his sentence commuted, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday. The case of Brian Aitken, 27, had become a cause célèbre ...

Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence
This is great news: Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns that he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be spending Christmas out of Prison. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence, from seven years to time served, according to an order the Governor signed today. Aitken had appealed to Christie for commutation after being sentenced in August. According to the commutation order, Aitken will be released as "soon administratively possible." I'm waiting to he...

Christie Commutes Sentence of Legal Gun Owner...
Brian Aitken, 27, seen here in an undated photograph, was sentenced to seven years in Prison for guns his attorney and father claim were owned legally. Some experts told FoxNews.com the entrepreneur was a Victim of the country's "patchwork" of Gun Laws. A man given seven years in Prison after being found with two guns he purchased legally in Colorado has had his sentence commuted, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday. The case of Brian Aitken, 27, had become a cause célèbre ...

New Jersey Wants to Spare the Rest of the Country From Chris Christies Emotional Abuse
Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican Party and possible Candidate for higher office in a few years, would not make a good president, according to 63 percent of New Jersey voters, including 36 percent of Republicans. Christie was compared to Pepsi by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein yesterday — good in sips, but too much is overwhelming. [Quinnipiac] ...

New York and New Jersey Lose Congressional Seats
WASHINGTON — New York will lose 2 of its 29 seats in the House, while New Jersey will lose 1 of its 13 seats, because of population shifts reported by the Census Bureau on Tuesday. Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey says redistricting will be very partisan “because someone’s going to lose a seat.” Upstate New York districts held by Brian Higgins and Louise M. Slaughter, both Democrats, had big population losses, but seats that will be under Republican control also had de...

NJ Voters: Governor More Scrooge Than Santa
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - They could call him Gov. Scrooge. A new poll from Quinnipiac University finds New Jersey voters think Gov. Chris Christie is more like Scrooge than Santa by a 54 to 28 margin. Republicans saw him as Santa-like, 47 to 36. Democrats and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly found the Republican Governor to resemble Charles Dickens’ bah-humbugging character. Not everyone seems to mind that the Governor is a bit Scrooge-like. In another Quinnipiac Poll released Tuesday,...

Poll shows NJ voters continue strong medical marijuana support
New Jersey residents continued to resoundingly support legal access to Medical Marijuana according to data released by The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute yesterday. The extensive poll largely concerned opinions held about Governor Chris Christie, the Legislature and other politicians. But some issues were also put to 1, 276 registered NJ voters, including medical marijuana. Regardless of age, Ethnicity, gender or political affiliation the people of New Jersey support the rights of serio...

TSA: Too busy stealing laptops to notice a loaded gun
While I was busy this past weekend our friends at the TSA once again made the news. Did you ever wonder why TSA makes you take your Laptop out of your bag at the security checkpoint? Because that makes it easier for them to steal it! A 37-year-old former Transportation Security Administration officer has been sentenced to three years' Probation for stealing Laptop computers from passengers' luggage at Philadelphia International Airport. Federal Prosecutor Arlene Fisk says defendant Troy Davis...

Today's Chris Christie Lesson in Government
Abuse of the justice system must be corrected: New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie commuted the sentence of Brian Aitken’s Monday, reducing his sentence from seven years in Prison to time already served. According to Christie’s order, he will be released as soon as it’s “administratively possible.” As The Daily Caller previously reported, Aitken, 27, was arrested in New Jersey in 2009 after police found unloaded guns in the trunk of his car that had been purc...

Construction Hums Along On Barclays Center
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - Right now, they are the New Jersey Nets. That is set to change for the 2012-2013 NBA season. That’s when the Nets, who currently play at the Prudential Center in Newark, are set to move into the Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn. Tom Kaminski flew over in Chopper 880 on Wednesday to take a look at construction of the arena. CLICK HERE to see more of his photos....

Newark Asks Citizens How to Spend Zuckerberg Grant
Photo: Kim White/Getty Images Newark is determined to put Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million challenge grant to good use and is asking all of its citizens for their input. Since September volunteers have knocked on nearly 50,000 doors and made countless calls trying to find out how Newark residents think the money can best be spent to help resuscitate the city's struggling school system. Despite reportedly spending $22,000 per Student, only half those who come through Newark's school system gradua...

Wave Of Violence Hits Northern NJ
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - It was a violent weekend in a northern New Jersey county. A fatal shooting in Newark Sunday capped nine reported carjackings, nine shootings and three attempted carjackings in Essex County. The deadly shooting occurred on Lindsley Avenue. The Victim has not been identified. Essex County Prosecutor’s Office chief of detectives Anthony Ambrose told The Star-Ledger of Newark most of the violence was concentrated in Newark. There were seven shootings and seven carjack...

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Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing two Handguns that he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be spending Christmas out of Prison. Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken’s sentence, from seven years to time served, according to an order the Governor signed today. Aitken had appealed to Christie for commutation after being sentenced in August. According to the commutation order, Aitken will be released as “soon administratively possible.” In 2009, Aitken was ...

Joliet man accused of shooting son, 12, in head
Roderick Tademy was a stay-at-home dad who was regularly seen in his Joliet neighborhood walking his twin daughters to school. But a less wholesome image emerged this week after he was arrested and accused of shooting his 12-year-old son in the head, leaving the boy in grave condition today at Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, police said. "There are still a lot of unanswered questions," said Joliet Police Chief Fred Hayes. "The most obvious of which is what could possibly possess this fa...

R.I. Police Digest:
A man dressed in a Santa Claus suit and armed with a gun robbed the East Providence Yacht Club on Pier Road on Sunday night, according to the police. A bartender had been getting the bar at the yacht club ready for the evening when a man, described as large and wearing a Santa hat, white beard, a red Santa suit, jacket and jeans, walked in and produced a shotgun or rifle-type gun from a Santa bag. The bartender fled through the bar entrance and escaped to a nearby establishment. The police said ...

Colorado weather forecast: White Christmas for high country, little to no snow for Denver
© 9news.com Denver - While the ski resorts across the state will be measuring snow in feet over the next few days, conditions along the Front Range will be mild and relatively snow-free through Christmas Day. The Colorado weather forecast calls for several feet of snow for some parts of the Colorado high country through the middle of the week. 9NEWS Meteorologist Marty Coniglio says a few flurries may fly in Denver are possible on Thursday, but measurable Snowfall is not expected in the ...

Boulder, county agree to drop opposition to Jefferson Parkway toll road
"Section 16," a 640-acre piece of land just north of Coal Creek Canyon Drive and east of Colo. 93, sits in Jefferson County. Jeffco officials have pledged $5 million toward the purchase and preservation of the land, as long as the city of Boulder and Boulder County drop their opposition to the proposed Jefferson Parkway toll road. (Mark Leffingwell) A $5 million land deal dangled by Jefferson County officials has convinced the Boulder City Council and Boulder County Commissioners to drop their l...

Slope rage bubbles over again at Beaver Creek
‘Tis the season to beat the crap out of someone (allegedly) on the ski slopes. Friday’s incident at Beaver Creek ski area — in which a Georgia man was charged with Misdemeanor Child Abuse for punching a teenage girl who bumped into his 4-year-old son - is reminiscent of another slope rage case at Beaver Creek that resulted in a federal Lawsuit. Governor-elect John Hickenlooper today announced that State Sen. Al White will be director of the Colorado Tourism Office and Joa...