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A.G. Announces Jail Time, Fine for Former West Carthage Village Justice
05/02/17 07:00pm
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    A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES JAIL TIME, FINE FOR FORMER
    VILLAGE JUSTICE WHO TRADED LENIENT TREATMENT IN EXCHANGE
    FOR SEXUAL FAVORS

    Delmar House Sentenced To 4 Months In Jail, 5 Years’ Probation, And $5K
    Fine After Admitting To Reducing Fine For Defendant In Exchange For Sexual
    Favors While Serving As Justice For Village Of West Carthage

    Schneiderman: Public Officials Who Abuse Their Power Will Be Held
    Accountable

    WATERTOWN – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced
    that Delmar House, the former Village Justice for the Village of West Carthage
    Court in Jefferson County, was sentenced to four months in jail and five years’
    probation, plus a $5,000 fine, after being found guilty of abusing his position as
    a Judge by reducing a fine for a defendant who appeared before him in
    exchange for sexual favors, and by paying a portion of that defendant’s fines in
    exchange for additional sexual favors. House previously entered guilty pleas
    before The Honorable Kim H. Martusewicz in Jefferson County Court, to the
    charges of Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree in violation of Penal Law §
    200.10, a class “D” felony and Receiving a Reward for Official Misconduct in
    the Second Degree in violation of Penal Law § 200.25, a class “E” felony.

    “The judge’s actions represent gross misconduct,” said Attorney General
    Schneiderman. “Today’s sentencing sends the message, loud and clear: public
    officials who abuse their power will be held accountable.”

    House was the Village Justice for the Village of West Carthage Court from
    January 2008 through March 2016, when he resigned. According to filed
    documents and statements made in court, in or about April 2015, House, 49, of
    Carthage, agreed to and did reduce the fine for a defendant appearing before
    him in the Village of West Carthage Court for Vehicle and Traffic Law offenses,
    in exchange for sexual favors from that defendant.  In addition, according to
    documents filed in court and statements made in court, House paid a portion of
    that defendant’s fines in exchange for more sexual favors.

    House appeared Tuesday, May 2, 2017 before Judge Martusewicz, where he
    was sentenced to four months’ incarceration and five years’ probation and was
    ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

    The Attorney General thanks the New York State Commission on Judicial
    Conduct, New York State Police Investigator Joseph Maurer, and the New
    York State Police for their work on this matter.

    This case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Mary Gorman of the
    Public Integrity Bureau under the supervision of Bureau Chief Daniel Cort and
    Deputy Bureau Chief Stacy Aronowitz, with the assistance of Senior Analyst
    Joseph Conniff.  The investigation was handled by Investigator David Buske of
    the Investigations Bureau, with assistance from Investigators Joel Cordone and
    Samuel Scotellaro and support from Supervising Investigator Richard Doyle,
    under the supervision of Deputy Bureau Chief Antoine Karam and Chief
    Dominick Zarrella.
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