Rochester judge Leticia Astacio was scheduled to be in court Tuesday for an alleged violation of her drunken driving sentence, but failed to show because she’s out of the country. Astacio is reportedly in Thailand, and plans to stay there until August. After learning that news, Judge Stephen Aaronson declared Astacio in default of the […]
A judge who changed her mind after handing down a “not guilty” verdict in a drunk driving case has unchanged her mind today. As first reported by 13 WHAM, City Court Judge Maija Dixon ruled that evidence in a DWI charge against a Niagara Falls man stopped for speeding on 490 in Rochester two years […]
Ontario County Court Judge Stephen Aronson has ruled that Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio did not violate the terms of her DWI sentence. Judge Aronson found there was a lack of evidence to prove Astacio was drinking at a Thanksgiving party. Photos posted on Facebook showed her with a group of friends, holding a […]