The New Jersey Supreme Court has censured a municipal court judge for attempting to use the cloak of his office to talk his way out of a drunken-driving arrest.

In addition to the censure, Wilfredo Benitez is temporarily barred from presiding over drunken-driving cases, and may not apply to the court to hear such cases until Sept. 7, 2019.

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