Monday, April 29, 2013

PA Judge Resigns After Arrest for Same Conduct She was Suspended for in July

In July, Magisterial District Judge Rita A. Arnold pleaded with the state Court of Judicial Discipline to let her keep her “dream” job at a sanctions hearing, and it agreed, citing her extreme remorse and dispensing a month’s unpaid suspension.

On Tuesday, less than eight months after she returned to her elected post, the 56-year-old jurist resigned after her arrest by state agents, a news release from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said.

The release said her arrest follows allegations that she concealed a citation in order to protect one of her sons from a potential probation violation, the same accusations that prompted the complaint by the Judicial Conduct Board in February 2012.

Full article and Source:
Magisterial Districe Judge Resigns After Arrest

4 comments:

Thelma said...

Self-help does not pay!

Jason said...

The thing is what she did back in July she should have been disbarred for.

Luis said...

Not too bright; is she?

StandUp said...

No, Luis, she sure doesn't seem to have all her lights on.