Posted on 06/06/2017 9:21:52 AM PDT by simpson96
Rochester judge Leticia Astacio appeared in court this morning after being summoned to a meeting with her supervisor who had previously said her job was in jeopardy.
A warrant was issued for Astacio's arrest last week after she failed to appear at a hearing for alleged violations of her probation. Astacio is accused of having her daughter breathe into her interlock device which she must use due to her DWI conviction last year.
Astacio was vacationing in Thailand, but returned to the United States and appeared before Judge Craig Doran on Monday morning. Doran had told her failure to do so would be considered "voluntary abandonment" of her position.
According to WHEC-TV, three Rochester Police Officers arrived about 15 minutes after Astacio, and entered Doran's chambers. They left with Astacio in handcuffs.
Astacio returned later in the day to appear before Judge Stephen Aronson, who made her an offer to plead guilty to charges of declaration of delinquency in exchange for 45 days in jail and one year probation.
Astacio declined the offer, and was held without bail in the Monroe County Jail until a court hearing at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported.
"You're doing everything to show you don't care what happens to your public trust," Aronson chided Astacio at her hearing Monday, adding that she was "self-sabotaging" any chance she had to return to her job.
Doran told WHEC-TV that leaving the U.S. for an extended period of time could possibly be a violation of her duties as judge. Astacio kept her position and $173,700 salary, but was temporarily stopped from hearing any cases.
Astacio greeted a group of reporters waiting for her at the courthouse with a smile as she was led out in handcuffs. See video from WHEC-TV below.
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I wonder if they found DNA of the daughter on the blow stick?
Doran told WHEC-TV that leaving the U.S. for an extended period of time could possibly be a violation of her duties as judge. Astacio kept her position and $173,700 salary, but was temporarily stopped from hearing any cases.
Our superiors.
All we need to know.
Only in NY.......and CA..............and OR.............and WA.................and DC.................etc................
Another wise chunky-monkey latina on the bench.
“I wonder if they found DNA of the daughter on the blow stick?”
If they have, charge her as an accessory and prosecute her as weill.
Picture posted to Facebook which appears to show a soused Astacio drinking at a Thanksgiving party. Looks like it was tequila - note the lady not he right with a lime wedge.
Didn’t realize “illegal aliens” had 1) Migrated this far north and 2) had been allowed to become judges. Don’t know why she’d end up in Rochester, where in the winter you can’t tell where the ground ends and the sky begins for weeks at a time. Just a dismal place in the winter. A week was all I could stand being there on business. I guess the three or four months of summer on the Finger Lakes is what keeps people there.
“Another wise chunky-monkey latina on the bench.”
Yeah, just like the “Wise LATRINA” we have on the SCOTUS today thanks to the Half-breed!
THEY WERE CONSIDERING PUTTING HER BACK ON THE JOB?????
Well, she *does* possess the correct melanin level, so I guess she’s got nothing to worry about.
If you don’t embrace winter activities and go skiing and sledding and hot chocolate by a fireplace singing Christmas Carols, then you cannot understand why we love all 4 seasons here in western New York
Still receiving her $173,700 salary while sitting in jail. And still has a (slim) chance of retaining her job as a judge. Yeah, the system needs a serious tune-up.
Thailand ???
why was she allowed to keep her passport ???
Good freakin grief!
Even Laz wouldn’t hit that.
Since Obama, there is no rule of law, decorum, or responsibility in any venue of society.
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