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State Judge Facing Charges Sees Other Side Of The Bench
08/12/08 - 09:27 PM
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State Judge William Roe of Plaquemines Parish has pleaded not guilty to theft and malfeasance charges related to financial mismanagement in the 25th Judicial District Court. Roe and former probation officer Rodney Penton were arraigned Tuesday before ad hoc Judge Jerome Winsberg. Penton also pleaded not guilty.

The Louisiana Supreme Court issued an order August 1 pulling Roe from the bench pending the outcome of the criminal case.

Roe is accused of taking double reimbursements for legal seminars in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The audit accused Penton of accepting cash payments to delete or reduce traffic citations and overseeing a court bank account when more than half of the probation-monitoring fees disappeared.

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