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A former juvenile court judge, a Democrat who took the bench after being declared the winner of a disputed 2010 election, was jailed Monday, and had to be taken out of the courtroom in Cincinnati, according to reports.

In a dramatic scene at the Hamilton County Courthouse, Tracie Hunter, a former juvenile court judge, was dragged out of Judge Patrick Dinkelacker’s courtroom by her shoulders this morning after he executed a six-month jail sentence. Hunter was convicted in 2014 of having “an unlawful interest in a public contract.” She also will serve one year of probation after she leaves the Hamilton County Justice Center. The crowd in the courtroom erupted into shouting and at least one person appeared to charge forward from the spectator’s area and was arrested after Dinkelacker executed the sentence and said, "Take her away."...

A corrupt judge had to be dragged out of a courtroom by police to beginn her prison sentence. Juvenile judge Tracie Hunter began her six months jail sentence Monday for illegally giving her brother, a former government employee, confidential records to help him keep his job in Hamilton County, Ohio. The packed courtroom erupted into chaos after Judge Patrick Dinkelacker executed Hunter’s sentence, which she was given in 2014, but had been delayed while Hunter appealed the conviction. Video of the brawl in the courtroom shows Hunter’s supporters rushing in to confront the judge and police, as bystanders loudly protest...