{"id":26736,"date":"2015-10-14T12:42:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=26736"},"modified":"2015-10-14T18:47:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T22:47:33","slug":"judge-jailed-over-false-claim-about-an-attacking-toilet-tank-lid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=26736","title":{"rendered":"Judge jailed over false claim about an attacking toilet tank lid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I read the headline in today’s New York Law Journal and began laughing even before reading the abstract, via Associated Press.<\/p>\n

There is so<\/em> much left to our imaginations. So…go imagine.<\/p>\n

Judge Who Claimed Toilet Tank Lid Attack Sent to Jail<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

The Associated Press<\/small>

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A former upstate New York village judge has been sentenced to six months in jail for falsely claiming he was knocked over the head with a toilet tank lid and choked as he was locking up after work two years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

P.S. I’m sitting here wondering whether I’d like having this judge presiding over my case, or not.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10\/14\/2015<\/strong>. Here’s a fuller description of this story in today’s ABA Journal. In a way, it cuts down the bubbly up the nose, doesn’t it? More details, less fun in imagining. I may sigh but I must report it:<\/p>\n

A former municipal judge found guilty of lying about being assaulted outside his Waterloo courthouse in 2013 has been sentenced to six months behind bars.Convicted in August of insurance fraud<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Judge found guilty of lying about attack outside courthouse gets 6 months<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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