Panel hears plea to remove judge who threatened to deport truant students

Panel hears plea to remove judge who threatened to deport truant students

A judicial panel on Wednesday heard the case of a judge booted off the bench for erupting at students and their parents during truancy hearings in Bound Brook. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)A municipal court judge suspended for threatening truant students with deportation told a judicial disciplinary committee Wednesday that he meant well and had issued “empty threats” he couldn’t carry out only to scare the children into attending…