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.

    • @RaoulDook
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      95 months ago

      Could be. There’s no amount of money or jail time that would be enough for me to commit suicide.

      • @foggy
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        55 months ago

        What about loathing yourself for succumbing to treasonistic pressures?

      • @Willy@sh.itjust.works
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        15 months ago

        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.