CANTON, N.Y. (AP) - A former New York judge has been sentenced to prison on charges he accepted bribes for sexual favors.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says former Fowler town justice Paul Lamson was sentenced in St. Lawrence County Court on Thursday to two to six years in prison after pleading guilty to bribe receiving and official misconduct. Information on a defense lawyer who could provide comment wasn’t immediately available.
Prosecutors say Lamson admitted to soliciting and accepting sexual favors from individuals who had pending criminal cases before him. They say he issued favorable rulings to keep some defendants out of prison and reduced their fines.
The sentence was part of a plea deal with the attorney general’s office.
Lamson was the town judge from 2005 to Dec. 1, 2016 when he resigned.
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