Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced to Prison
<i> Associated Press</i>
EBENSBURG, Pa. —
A judge was sentenced Wednesday in his former courtroom to two to five years in prison for bribery and corruption.
Cambria County Judge Joseph F. O’Kicki, 59, was stripped of his $80,000-per-year job and forfeits his state pension. Visiting Senior Judge Richard Grifo of Northampton County also imposed a $57,500 fine on O’Kicki.
Among other offenses, O’Kicki was convicted of bullying aides and clerks into chopping wood.
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