A former judge shot and killed himself when FBI agents arrived at his Orange County home to arrest him Tuesday, police sources tell CBS News New York.
A quiet condominium complex along Route 416 in Campbell Hall quickly turned into a chaotic scene. A big police response was seen at the Blackburne Homes complex, where Stewart Rosenwasser, a former county court judge, took his own life.
Rosenwasser, who resigned from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in June, was accused in an indictment unsealed Tuesday of taking approximately $63,000 in bribes to leverage his position in the DA’s office to investigate two people.
This saved the taxpayer a lot of money.
Does anyone else like that song Hey Man, Nice Shot? as much as I do? What ever happened to that band I wonder.
If you’re referring to the band Filter, they released an album last year.
Damn it’s actually pretty good too!
Nice! Gonna check that out! Thanks
imagine accepting 63k to die
Life on a judge minimum wage is hell, it’s almost impossible to survive or afford caviar each day, it was his way out of the missery.
Also judges are entitled to bribes, supreme court is showing the way for all judges.I’d take either one, but both is just a great deal
Anyone else like Filter?
Hey man! nice shot.
More going after corrupt judges please.
If they prefer killing themselves over going to prison, it means that they know what kind of conditions to expect there and that they would rather die. Really telling when the people responsible for creating this system of modern slavery cant live with their own creation.
I’ll admit I didn’t read the article, but if $63k was the sum total of all bribes, and they chose to kill themselves rather than face punishment, then it’s really telling of the prison system.
It’s not just the prison system, a judge would likely get protective custody in a prison, which is almost solitary confident.
My most downvoted comment on here is when a Judge got punched in the face I said something along the lines of “well, they send people away for the rest of their lives and then go play golf the same evening. Glad one actually realized there could be consequences for being a dick”
I know its not a popular opinion but man I stand on it. Fuck them, they don’t give a fuck about any of the people they force into a lifetime of slavery for petty non violent offenses.
I’ve had controversial opinions about judges, cops, prosecutors, and etc, who are involved in particular egregious violations of their duties, do not deserve due process. They’ve clearly demonstrated they don’t believe the system has value.
I’d imagine he’s could be worried about bumping into people in prison that he’s had a hand in putting there!
I can’t imagine judges are popular in prison, and corrupt judges are likely to be extra reviled.
I think it’s more about shame than prison.
Yeah thats probably true, but i felt a need to shit talk the justice system when i wrote the comment.
I feel like 63000 was the tip of the ice burg
If they knew about everything he did there would be less incentive to off himself. I’d wager part of the suicide was to bury the truth. Even in death he was a shitty person, and a worse justice.
Could be. There’s no amount of money or jail time that would be enough for me to commit suicide.
That’s probably because you’re a decent person who hasn’t spent their entire life putting people in cages.
What about loathing yourself for succumbing to treasonistic pressures?
Yeah that’s probably less than half of his salary
The article mentioned a Mout’z Soudani, but went into no further detail. This article has a little more context on the investigation into Orange County and the bribery scheme.
Martin Soudani was charged and pleaded guilty last year to an alleged $1.6 million cryptocurrency scheme that was investigated by then Executive Assistant District Attorney Stewart Rosenwasser.
™The former prosecutor and retired Orange County Court Judge is accused of knowing the alleged victim, Moutz “Marty” Soudani, the suspect’s uncle, and taking almost $50,000 from him to investigate the case.
From the sound of things, he took the money to help an abuser get his rape victim back ----- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhh
Yeah, it was more salacious even that that. I decided not to post the rest.
Well that’s clearly guilty ain’t it
In cases like these I tend to see suicide as something like “Im even guilty of tthings you haven’t found out about yet and I’m going to make sure you never do”
