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CHRISTIE CONFIDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES
One of the New Jersey governor’s trusted confidants pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of taking advantage of his position for personal benefit.
David Samson, the former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, admitted his involvement in a scheme to pressure United Airlines to reinstate a flight from New Jersey to South Carolina.
The former New Jersey attorney general is a longtime close adviser to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and served as chairman of the governor’s transition team when Christie first took office.
Under the terms of a plea deal, Samson could be sentenced to a term from probation to up to two years in prison. U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares set sentencing for Oct. 20.
— Paul Berger, The Record
FRESNO POLICE RELEASE VIDEO IN NOBLE SHOOTING
Fresno, Calif., police released a body cam video of officers fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old white man who apparently refused repeated sharp commands to drop to the ground and hold his hands up.
Dylan Noble was shot and killed June 25.
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer intended to release the video last Friday, but he decided to postpone it after two police-involved shootings last week and a gunman’s rampage in Dallas that left five police officers dead a day before.
In releasing the video Wednesday evening, Dyer called the footage “extremely disturbing ” to watch but said he hoped it would help clarify the circumstances at the time of the incident and why police opened fire.