I just couldn't resist forwarding this very important report.
Hilary
DECEMBER 29, 04:36 EST
Nose-Biting Judge Free Again
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former judge who served five days behind bars for biting a defendant's nose and then was thrown in jail for violating probation has been released.
Joseph Troisi ``was apparently a model prisoner and did everything he was told to do,'' attorney Harry Deitzler said Monday. ``He was putting in a lot of work while he was up there. I was told he was washing police cruisers.''
Troisi resigned and pleaded no contest to battery charges in October 1997 after jumping from the bench, ripping off his robe and biting a defendant's nose during a contentious bail hearing.
He served five days in jail. His probation was revoked after a judge ruled he inappropriately confronted a court official who had testified against him in the nose-biting case.
Deputy Circuit Clerk Ward Grose said Troisi had confronted and insulted him, blocking his access to a courtroom with a chest bump.
In August, Troisi began serving time in the women's section of the Pleasants County Jail for his own protection. He was released last week.
``He will practice law, feed his family and put his children through college,'' Deitzler said.
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