A former judge shot and killed himself when FBI agents arrived at his Orange County home to arrest him Tuesday, police sources tell CBS News New York.

A quiet condominium complex along Route 416 in Campbell Hall quickly turned into a chaotic scene. A big police response was seen at the Blackburne Homes complex, where Stewart Rosenwasser, a former county court judge, took his own life.

Rosenwasser, who resigned from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in June, was accused in an indictment unsealed Tuesday of taking approximately $63,000 in bribes to leverage his position in the DA’s office to investigate two people.

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      51
      ·
      edit-2
      5 hours ago

      If they prefer killing themselves over going to prison, it means that they know what kind of conditions to expect there and that they would rather die. Really telling when the people responsible for creating this system of modern slavery cant live with their own creation.

      • d00ery@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        57 minutes ago

        I’d imagine he’s could be worried about bumping into people in prison that he’s had a hand in putting there!

        I can’t imagine judges are popular in prison, and corrupt judges are likely to be extra reviled.