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.
I feel like 63000 was the tip of the ice burg
Yeah that’s probably less than half of his salary
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?
really? life in prison would have me seriously consider it. I’ve considered it plenty from normal life also so maybe that’s why.
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.