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CHRISTIE ALLY GUILTY

Admits George Washington
Bridge closure was political
retribution; two other former
aides indicted in scandal
Bridget Anne Kelly, Gov. Chris Christie's
former deputy chief of staff

Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director

of the Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J.

MICHAEL SYMONS @MICHAELSYMONS_

AND KEN SERRANO @KENSERRANOAPP

The George Washington Bridge traffic jam in Fort Lee was a political
vendetta orchestrated by Gov. Chris Christies appointees, who were up-

Todays charges
make clear that
what Ive said
from day one is
true. I had no

set the Democratic mayor of the town at the foot of the bridge would not
endorse the Republican for re-election, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman
said Friday as he announced one guilty plea and the indictment of two
Christie insiders.
In federal court in Newark, former Christie ally David Wildstein ad-

The closure was timed to coincide with the first day of school for maxi-

involvement in
the planning or
execution of this
act.

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mum traffic jams, he said.

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Wildstein testified before a judge that he conspired with two Christie

insiders Bill Baroni, then-Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
deputy executive director, and Bridget Anne Kelly, then-Christie deputy

GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE

See GUILTY, Page 10A

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mitted he was the architect of the shutdown of traffic lanes on the bridge.

knowledge or

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former Port Authority
appointee of Gov. Chris
Christie, admitted he was
the architect of the
shutdown of traffic lanes
on the George
Washington Bridge.

SIX BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN MANS DEATH PAGE 1B

Former Manalapan mayor sentenced to 5 years in prison

JEAN MIKLE @JEANMIKLE
TRENTON Former Manalapan mayor Andrew Lucas was sentenced to five
years in federal prison Friday for his
part in a questionable land deal that netted him nearly $1.2 million in taxpayer
money.
I recognize I am here today before
you because of bad decisions I have
made, Lucas told U.S. District Judge
Freda L. Wolfson. At no point did I be-

lieve that my actions could be considered criminal. I never intended to harm

anyone.
Lucas, 37, was convicted Sept. 18 for
11 federal crimes, including wire fraud,
aggravated identity theft, falsification
of records and loan application fraud.
It is unfathomable to me, how a man
of your intelligence and education decided to go about doing what you did, Judge
Wolfson told Lucas, who graduated from
Princeton University with an economics

degree. You have tremendous family

support. You received an education anyone would be envious of. You had it all going for you.
Lucas wife, Brianne, wiped away
tears as the judge sentenced her husband. The couple have three young children, including an infant, Lucas lawyer,
Mario F. Gallucci, said.
Lucas was serving as Manalapan

I recognize I am here today

See LUCAS, Page 12A

ANDREW LUCAS,

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