Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has appointed a new judge to the Rochester City Court, Replacing Leticia Astacio who was removed from office by the state. Mayor Warren’s office says Melissa Barrett will fill the vacancy on City Court. She’s a principal court attorney and a defense lawyer practicing before the City Court. She previously […]
An online petition at Change.Org is asking supporters of Judge Leticia Astacio to make their presence known. The petition was started by the City Court Judge’s sister. It’s goal as stated online is to “make it clear that…residents of the City of Rochester that elected Judge Astacio would still make that choice today.” It claims […]
https://twitter.com/13WHAM/status/871739550846115840 Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio was led from Judge Stephen Aronson’s chambers in handcuffs this morning, after returning from Thailand to report to Administrative Judge Craig Doran as ordered. She was arraigned shortly before 11:30 in City Court before Judge Aronson, who advised her to plead guilty to a “declaration of delinquency” and […]