Bradley Admits He Violated Probation
Former Ventura County Superior Court Judge Robert C. Bradley, who left the bench in 1998 after a series of alcohol-related arrests, admitted in court Friday to violating the terms of his probation by consuming alcohol.
Bradley, 59, faces up to a year in jail when he is sentenced May 9 in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
Bradley was arrested March 15 on suspicion of prowling near his Ventura home while intoxicated, authorities said.
The state attorney general’s office, which is handling the case because of a conflict faced by local prosecutors, declined to press any new charges against the former judge. He remains free on $15,000 bail.
Bradley was arrested after 16 months of public sobriety and assurances to a state commission that he could rehabilitate himself.
In 1998, Bradley decided not to run for reelection to his judicial seat after a series of embarrassing alcohol-related arrests. He was later censured by the state Commission on Judicial Performance, whose members ruled that he be removed from the bench.
Bradley was picked up by police last month after a resident in east Ventura complained that someone had tapped on his bedroom window. .
Authorities say Bradley later admitted to drinking alcohol before taking a walk in his neighborhood, but he denied prowling around the man’s house.
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