TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- The Florida Supreme Court has admonished a state judge, and the judge will resign, for using his office laptop computer to look at pornography.
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Brandt Downey III has agreed to resign effective Jan. 1, the Tampa Tribune reported.
Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis called Downey's actions "a dark cloud on all of us." Allowing him to remain on the bench until the end of the year is "almost a deal with the devil," Lewis said.
Downey threatened the courthouse computer system by introducing viruses from the Web sites he visited, Lewis said. Staff members were also exposed unwillingly to pornography.
The judge said that he "humbly" accepted the reprimand. He said he has written a formal letter of apology.
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Brandt Downey III has agreed to resign effective Jan. 1, the Tampa Tribune reported.
Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis called Downey's actions "a dark cloud on all of us." Allowing him to remain on the bench until the end of the year is "almost a deal with the devil," Lewis said.
Downey threatened the courthouse computer system by introducing viruses from the Web sites he visited, Lewis said. Staff members were also exposed unwillingly to pornography.
The judge said that he "humbly" accepted the reprimand. He said he has written a formal letter of apology.
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