A town judge in upstate New York was publicly censured Monday after he called 911 and invoked his title as a jurist to ask for help unlocking his car, which he had accidentally locked with his keys inside, according to the state Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Justice William Abbott of the Palmyra Town Court in Wayne County used his position to pressure a police clerk during the incident, the commission determined through an investigation.
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