Judge Rabrrrrr off the bench after locking up entire courtroom, nobody fessed up to cellphone

[DS1]

http://www.wftv.com/news/14713204/detail.html

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- A New York judge who jailed a courtroom full of people over a ringing cell phone is off the bench.

Judge Robert Restaino was removed Tuesday by a state judicial panel.

During a court session in March 2005, Restaino got upset when a cell phone went off.

He demanded that the phone be handed over, threatening to lock up everybody if no one came forward.

When nobody did, the judge ordered all 46 people in the room hauled off to the city jail, where they were searched.

Those who couldn't post bond were shackled and bused to the county lockup.

[SOteric]

1. And he's off the bench, you say?

Maybe he's available for a few of my classrooms.

[DS1]

3. what classrooms would those be?

[SOteric]

4. The ones with students whose cell phones keep ringing

all frickin' gawdamn day.

[DS1]

5. aaaahh!

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. I'm ALWAYS available for your classroom "experiments"

[SOteric]

9. Outstanding!

That smilie really suits you. Feel free to snag it any time.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. A great many times I have wished for a smiley like that -

thanks for your approval in using it!

It's exactly what I've been looking for.

Excellent.

[ThomCat]

2. Good! I wish we could get rid of all the authoritarian assholes

who infest our government.

[sasquatch]

7. Charge that douche with kidnapping

[billyskank]

8. Egads. The only thing worse than a ringing cellphone in the courthouse

is a dry cleaners that loses your pants.