Republican councilman arrested asleep at wheel holding crack pipe

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7. Reminds me of a case involving a notorious judge

who was a "hanging judge" who would hand out draconian sentences for a minor offense if he didn't like the defendant. He was a bigot also. One early morning the county cops came upon a car just stopped cold and sitting in a lane of traffic on a freeway bridge. The car was still running, thankfully in park, with the driver passed out with his head down on the steering wheel. Lo and behold it was the "law and order" judge himself. Just to show you the way things work the result was that the news got wind of it and found out that the judge had been driven home with a deputy behind the wheel of his car. No breathalyzer was done until 2 days later. No tickets of any kind were issued. He also liked to get "handsy" with the females who worked in the courthouse. A real charm. He stayed on the bench for years. When he retired some of the local TV news slobbered all over him about what a wonderful man he was and what a distinguished career he had.