LITTLE ROCK, Ark. AP – An Arkansas judge should be kicked off the bench for operating a probation program that handled thousands of dollars collected from people found guilty in his court and for an improper relationship with a defendant, a judicial ethics panel said Monday.

Circuit Judge Willard Proctor violated multiple judicial rules through his work with the Cycle Breakers probation program, said the three-member panel of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.