Posted on 07/24/2008 7:42:45 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Deputy Assembly Speaker Neil Cohen is being investigated for alleged possession of child pornography, according to two of his Democratic colleagues who said they brought the matter to the attention of law enforcement.
In a joint statement, Sen. Raymond Lesniak and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (both D-Union) confirmed they alerted authorities to the possibility Cohen (D-Union) had child pornography on his computers.
"As the facts became apparent in our office, we notified the appropriate agency and will continue to assist in any way possible," Lesniak and Cryan said. "While it was our proactive steps that led to the investigation to this point, we are appalled at what has transpired."
At least one of Cohen's computers from the Union Township legislative office the three lawmakers share was confiscated by the Attorney General's Office, according to three sources who have been briefed on the investigation. Two of the sources said a legislative staffer initially discovered the images, then notified Lesniak and Cryan. The sources declined to be indentified because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.
"Both of us have known Neil Cohen for more than two decades," Lesniak and Cryan said. "We know him as a compassionate, caring individual but if the allegations prove true, clearly there was a side to him neither of us knew. We have been instructed to not make any further comments regarding this very serious matter."
Sources said Cohen was under psychiatric care Thursday night. He could not be reached for comment.
Assembly Democratic spokesman Derek Roseman declined to comment. Attorney General Anne Milgram and spokesman David Wald did not return phone messages.
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He’s a Democrat... Nothing will happen to him as usual.
Now if he was a Republican.......
that’s a new one for the Dems...” if its true..that was a side of him we never knew..”
Wow.. reminds me of that commercial for KFC...”didn’t see THAT one coming !”
It looks like Sen. Obama has found his running mate.
I forget the rules in liberal poker:
Does “NJ Dem House Leader in child porn scandal” beat “ex-Senator with love child, late night rendezvous fling while wife dies of cancer”?
Maybe he will get up and start attacking his accusers like the Dem who took his minor aged page to Portugal to have sex with him in the early 80s.
As I said, since this guy is a Democrat, nothing will happen to him and the media surely will not point this out like they magnified every mis-step (or tap) a Republican did in 2006.
Republicans are held to impossible standards by the media while the Democrats are not held to ANY standard.
Ooooh, yeah. I forgot about John Edwards's bona fides. Looks like Barry has a thinker.
On business — I’ve spent more time in Union, N.J. and the nearby blighted areas than I care to admit....
If I were told I had only 6 months to live — I’d move to Union and it would seem like a lifetime.
Hearing that their Democrat representative is a child pornography addict — figures.
It was my “observation” that the women in that area were very “appreciative” of big and brawny men.
They must have been a rarity.
A typical day in New Jersey Democrat politics...sarc.
BIG time lib - VERY anti-gun, even for New Joisey.
The only thing that could ever knock New Jersey off its throne as the most corrupt state in America is if they made New Orleans or Chicago a state. But as others have written, this is New Jersey and being a rat means you never have to take responsibility for your crimes. I’ve said this before, but if the gay American came back and ran he would win. That’s how %^&*ed up New Jersey is.
Why are your threads locked?
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