State Senator Huntley Ordered To Serve One Year, One Day In Fraud Case

[hrmjustin]

Shirley Huntley would not speak to to reporters after her sentencing Thursday, but in court, she made a brief statement of apology, taking full responsibility for her actions. Going outside of federal sentencing guidelines, which called for 18 to 24 months in prison, the judge sentenced Huntley to one year and one day and ordered her to repay the nearly $88,000 she admitted to stealing in a guilty plea, plus a $100 fine.

Last week, it was revealed that Huntley had recorded nine different people on federal wire taps as she attempted to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office. They include Senate colleagues John Sampson and Malcolm Smith, who are both facing charges in separate cases, as well as state Senators Jose Peralta, Velmanette Montgomery, Ruth Hassel-Thompson and Eric Adams. City Councilman Ruben Wills was also recorded. At least six of those seven public officials are now under criminal investigation.

Despite her cooperation, the prosecutors declined to enter an agreement with Huntley because they found much of the information she provided to be "false, implausible and inconsistent."

In a passionate plea for leniency during the sentencing, Huntley's attorney told the judge that Huntley cooperated fully with the government and, as a result, the family has faced threats in their community. Huntley's husband told the judge that he was accosted this week outside a supermarket and warned that he would be "sorry" for his wife's cooperation

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/181796/huntley-ordered-to-serve-one-year--one-day-in-fraud-case

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Is anyone keeping score of this stuff? Who in the NYS legislature is NOT under indictment...

....under investigation, in prison, wearing a wire, paying bribes, taking bribes ( ummm... that's "contributions&quot from organized crime figures, contractors, vendors etc., ?

This has got to be the *worst* state DEM party in the country. OUT. OF. CONTROL.

Someone from the national party ( which, believe me, I realize ethically speaking is no prize itself) has to step in and file to put the NYS party under guardianship.

That's what you do if your kid turns 18 years old but cannot function as an adult. That's EXACTLY what's happening here on a political level.

[hrmjustin]

2. I doubt we are going to take the state senate back.