Arrested judge wore dress, women's hosiery (should have been DROVE DRUNK)

[grasshopper]

   OK, so he was wering stockings and a dress Ect.ect...(Hell, I wear Mr. Spock ears from time to time)  I bet nothing will happen to this guy and it will be QUIETLY swept under the rug.



MANCHESTER – A Boston-based federal judge wore a black cocktail dress, fish-net stockings and high heels when police arrested him for drunk driving after he rear-ended a pickup truck last week, sources said.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Somma, 63, struck a plea deal with the city Wednesday in which he pleaded no contest to a first-offense misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge in Manchester District Court. In exchange, the judge agreed to pay $600 in fines and penalties and a 12-month license suspension, which can be reduced to six months if he proves he successfully completed a driver education and alcohol awareness course, court records show.

?Federal judge guilty in Manchester DWI (28)


The arresting officer made no mention of the judge's attire in the written report police provided to the media other than to note the judge "had a difficult time locating his license in his purse."


SOMMA
Two sources confirmed Somma was wearing a cocktail dress, women's hose and high heels when his Mercedes-Benz E320 sedan struck a pickup truck stopped at a red light on Elm Street about 11:29 p.m. on Feb. 6.

"He told police his wife was out of town ... so he decided to come up to Manchester where no one would know him," said a city government official speaking on condition of anonymity. The official said he was told of the incident by a top police administrator during a briefing session.

Somma, who lives in Newbury, Mass., had a hard time keeping his balance, smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech, the police report shows. He failed the field sobriety test and took a breath test at the station that registered a blood alcohol level of .12, according to the police report.

The judge told police he had been at the Breezeway Pub at 14 Pearl St. where he had two gin and tonics about two hours earlier, the police report shows.

Ronald K. Forest of Weare, who was driving the pickup Somma struck, declined comment. While police said no one was hurt in the collision, Forest said he and his passenger sought medical help the next day.

Attorney John J. Cronin III of Bennington contacted the city's lawyers Monday to begin working out a plea deal for his client, which enabled Somma to avoid trial. Somma was set to be arraigned Feb. 25. Cronin could not be reached for comment.

Somma was appointed a First Circuit Court bankruptcy judge in 2004.

First Circuit Court spokesmen said Somma is a judge in good standing with no history of problems.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I haven't tried high heels since I was about 5 years old, but, I'll bet keeping  balanced would be a problem for me too!

I think the entire court should see what the judge is wearing under their robes before anybody stands up.

[Kat Kanning]

Ew, I don't wanna see under there.

[Lloyd Danforth]

But!..It's the only way we can keep them in line!

[Raineyrocks]

MANCHESTER – A Boston-based federal judge wore a black cocktail dress, fish-net stockings and high heels when police arrested him for drunk driving after he rear-ended a pickup truck last week, sources said.



Fish net stockings?  How tacky!  

[Pat K]

[David]

Howie Carr hates judges, and initially assumed this judge was a Clinton appointee, his tone lowered somewhat when he said it was a Bush 2 appointee.  I believe the judge resigned. 

[grasshopper]

    I love Howie!  He can be an assclown sometimes but he is one of my heros!

[David]

Sorry, but I can't stand him.  He seems to have a fetish for tasering sound clips, and he is an authoritarian posing as a small gov't conservative. 

[ReverendRyan]

Sorry, but I can't stand him.  He seems to have a fetish for tasering sound clips, and he is an authoritarian posing as a small gov't conservative.