Judge Booted from Bench for Bizarrely Pulling Loaded Gun on Defendant in Court
1 sourceUpdated Oct 24, 2023
A judge who served a small town in upstate New York has been kicked off the bench over a 2015 incident in which he pulled a loaded gun on a defendant he claimed was threatening him. Robert J. Putorti had been the judge…
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