TOMS RIVER, NJ - Superior Court Judge John F. Russo Jr. was put on paid leave back in April after a series of incidents that resulted in him being asked to submit to a mental health evaluation, according to a report in app.com.
Russo refused to take the evaluation and Ocean County Assignment Judge Marlene Lynch Ford took him off the bench.
Ford asked for the evaluation after Russo showed inappropriate behavior in a number of instances, she said in a certification filed on Friday and sealed on Monday.
"There have been several incidents in which Judge Russo made threatening or bizarre statements; exhibited explosive fits of rage; lacked appropriate courtroom demeanor or reasonable legal competence in the field of law assigned to him, and otherwise exhibited extreme emotional immaturity," Ford wrote Read more here
Russo refused to take the evaluation and Ocean County Assignment Judge Marlene Lynch Ford took him off the bench.
Ford asked for the evaluation after Russo showed inappropriate behavior in a number of instances, she said in a certification filed on Friday and sealed on Monday.
"There have been several incidents in which Judge Russo made threatening or bizarre statements; exhibited explosive fits of rage; lacked appropriate courtroom demeanor or reasonable legal competence in the field of law assigned to him, and otherwise exhibited extreme emotional immaturity," Ford wrote Read more here