A former prosecutor and retired New York judge shot himself to death on Tuesday when FBI agents arrived at his home to arrest him over his alleged role in a federal bribery scheme. Stewart Rosenwasser, 72, of Campbell Hall, reportedly shot at federal agents before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
Rosenwasser was accused by the federal government of accepting $63,000 in bribes for a previous case he oversaw as a public prosecutor while working at the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. He was facing charges of extortion, conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, honest services wire fraud, and making false statements to the FBI.
“The FBI is reviewing an agent-involved shooting that occurred earlier this morning in Campbell Hall, NY. The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents seriously,” the agency wrote in a press release, as reported by the Daily Mail. “In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBI’s Inspection Division. As this is an ongoing matter, we have no further details to provide.”
The allegations against the embattled judge stemmed from an Oct. 2022 case that involved a man suing his own family for stealing money from him, according to an indictment unsealed shortly after Rosenwasser’s death. […]
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