ALBANY – The state’s highest court on Thursday suspended an embattled Monroe Town Court justice who was arrested earlier this year for obstruction of justice and making false statements.

In a unanimous decision, the New York Court of Appeals announced that it would continue the June 27 suspension without pay of Lurlyn Winchester from the office of justice of Monroe Town Court in Orange County, effective immediately.

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