Officer Pleads Guilty To Stealing Jewelry & Cash From Dying Motorcycle Crash Victim

by Austin Petersen


Officer Aaron Huntsman pleaded guilty to theft of jewelry and cash from a victim of a motorcycle crash in Connecticut. The state police trooper was convicted of felony charges and will spend a little over a year in prison.

Huntsman reportedly stole over $3,000 in cash and a gold chain from John Scalesse who died after a crash in September of 2012. The investigation began after family members reported the missing items, which were later found in Huntsman’s vehicle. It is believed he stole them from the man while the victim was dying in the ambulance.

Huntsman’s state salary was $80,000 a year and in 2011 he made over $112,000

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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