Judge Peter Corrigan reprimanded by Ohio Supreme Court for drunken driving conviction

The Ohio Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Peter J. Corrigan on Wednesday as a result of his conviction for drunken driving.

Judge Peter Corrigan, center

Corrigan was charged after a Cleveland Metroparks ranger found him slumped over the steering wheel of his car at 4:30 a.m. in December 2012 while it was parked in the Rocky River Reservation.

The vehicle's engine was running, the headlights were on and his foot was on the brake, the Metroparks police report said.

Corrigan told the rangers he had visited a friend and also had been to a restaurant in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood.

In January 2013, the judge pleaded no contest to operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and impeding the roadway.

Rocky River Municipal Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons sentenced Corrigan to three days in jail, fined him $500 and suspended his driver's license for 2013.

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Judge Peter Corrigan reprimanded by Ohio Supreme Court for drunken driving conviction