Fort Dix Six update: Gun supplier sentenced
Remember Agron Abdullahu? He’s one of the Fort Dix Six jihad plotters who occupied his time in custody by drawing anti-FBI sketches. He was sentenced this week–20 months for supplying guns to the plotters:
A man who admitted letting a group of accused terror-plotters shoot his guns at a firing range was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Monday.
U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler said Agron Abdullahu deserved more than the 10 to 16 months that sentencing guidelines call for because he knew the men were talking about violence against Americans.
“I am convinced that he is not as innocent as he’d like us to believe,” Kugler said before handing down his sentence. “This is not a common, ordinary, technical violation of the law.”
The judge took the FBI-bashing sketches into account, but also had a little heart-bleeding for Abdullahu:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Hammer said it was clear that Abdullahu knew that the other men were talking about committing violence _ even if he was not aware of a specific terrorist plot.
Judge Kugler agreed, but dismissed the government’s contention that Abdullahu knew enough that higher sentencing guidelines should be used.
Kugler said his sentence was harsher than it could have been partly because of drawings found etched into the door of Abdullahu’s cell at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia. One had a gun pointed at the words, “FBI.”
While the judge was disturbed by that behavior, as well as Abdullahu’s interest in making bombs, he seemed to struggle with finding an appropriate sentence.
“There’s too much good in this man,” Kugler said, to give him the maximum sentence the government sought.
Coughlin said Abdullahu was grateful that the judge considered the good traits in him along with his mistakes.
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Well in the view of the anti-military leftists and trolls on this site, they were only going after the killers in the military so in reality they shouldn’t be prosecuted at all. Twenty months-that’s a joke. I guess the Judge feels like so many on the left that people like Abdullahu have so much “good in them” because they want to harm and kill the evil military.
“good traits”???
Typical _______ Judge.
“But judge! I’ve done a lot of good things too, and I’m a good person!”
“Oh really? Wow! Case Dismissed!”
Hah.
HUH?! Did I read that correctly? Judge Kugler found too much good a man that has a keen interst in buliding bombs and violent art? Go figure!
And a guy named Agron Abdullahu owns a firing range… Hmmmmm, wonder if any of his business associates own flight schools…
just wondering.
“…drawings found etched into the door of Abdullahu’s cell at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia. One had a gun pointed at the words, “FBI.”
(snip) While the judge was disturbed by that behavior… “There’s too much good in this man,” Kugler said, to give him the maximum sentence the government sought.”
The judge’s sentence is sketchy.
“etched into the door”… hmmmm? etched with what? a plastic spork?
Please, PLEASE, somebody… wake me up. This nightmare is getting WORSE.
This prick will be out by Thanksgiving ( or ramadan, whenever thefrick that is)
this is what happens when our elected officials had a past history with drugs,,, obama anyone???
this judge had to have smoked somtin.
20 freaking months is all they give this guy for providing weapons to Jihadist! If I had my way he would be doing 20 years and they would then throw him out of the country.
My first thought is Kugler must be a Clinton or Carter appointee I was right. I Goggled his name and he has been in the United States District Court, 1993 – Present (Clinton) http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1098942_1
Ohhh…a whole 20 months. I could do that standing on my own head. Way to go US…you sure showed him.
The “too much good” statement will haunt this judge.
Funny that we punish our enemies with months… I am sure that he would understand if we upped the sentence to oh, I don’t know stoning…
Agron Abdullahu is a lucky man in this day and age. In World War II they would have been assembling (at this time) one of two things - a gallows or a firing squad.
This is really hard to understand. Are these bleeding heart judges that gullible?
Oh I remember the late 1940’s & 50s. They’d been hung from a yard arm. So sorry we lost so much to the liberals.
And um, what exactly are these alleged good traits?
lol, he’s an artist don’t cha know….
Now, now, now…
You know we have the best legal system in the world.
Yeah, when it is used the proper and intended way. This judge would have found “good” in Charles Manson and John Wayne Gacy.
The only good I can see is when Abdullahu and this “judge” are good and gone.
Heck, he should have been sentenced to time served but kept in custody until him and any family members of his could be deported.
The $$$ spent to give him 3 hots and a cot the next 9 months would be better spent on our returning GIs from the Middle East.
Well, if McCain, along with the other 2 dems. has his way, closes Guantanamo and brings the terorrists to US soil, as he has stated, all of them will get to appear in front of our wonderful judiciary, judges like this guy, who will give terrorists lite sentences or releasing him.
Ugh, this is going to be a really, really depressing election no matter who wins.
First time in my life I am dreading election day.
Judge Kugler is hoping a democrat wins the WH, so he’s setting himself up as a good liberal judge with hopes of getting into the SCOTUS. 20 months for a terrorist. He’ll be out of prison in no time, back to being a “good man” again.
This guy’s “art” would more likely have gotten him an A++ from the Tomah High School. I think that’s what Judge Kugler was judging him on.
“too much good”?
“too much good”?!
WTF?!
Mohammed Atta threw barbeques for his neighbors. Would that have knocked any time off his sentence if he’d actually survived to stand trial for flying a plane full of innocent people into a building full of innocent people?
Wouldn’t fifteen years be a more reasonable sentence? What was the judge thinking?