A New Jersey municipal judge is facing ethics charges over an off-the-cuff—and potentially off-color—remark made to a criminal defendant who was confused about whether she needed to post bail or was free to go.
Maureen Bauman, counsel to the state Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, filed the complaint against Franklin Township Municipal Court Judge Hector Rodriguez on Dec. 12.
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