Feb 28
2024
Disgraced former judge returns to the bench
A former Lackawanna judge who resigned in disgrace 11 years ago is getting a second chance at the job, which pays close to $100,000 a year. Lackawanna Mayor Annette Iafallo will appoint Louis Violanti an associate city court judge effective March 1, a spokesman for the city confirmed. Violanti, 50, held that same post from 2007 until 2013, when he stepped down in the wake of a ticket-fixing scandal. In December 2012, Violanti promised a friend he’d “take care of” a citation the friend had been given for an expired registration, according to an investigation into the incident by the[...]