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Prosecutors had charged Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, a district court judge in Newton, Mass., with allowing an undocumented immigrant to sneak out the back door of a courthouse in 2018.
Prosecutors moved to drop the case against Joseph after she agreed to refer herself to a state agency that investigates allegations of misconduct by members of the bench.
Judge Shelley Joseph she agreed to refer herself to a state agency that investigates allegations of misconduct by members of the bench.
In a deal struck with the Department of Justice, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph agreed to a review by the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct. The commission will make disciplinary recommendations to the state's high court..
BOSTON (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss charges against a Massachusetts judge accused of helping a man who was living in the U.S.