Judge Busted for New Hampshire DUI

Republican judge was in drag at time of arrest for drunk driving in New Hampshire.

Federal bankruptcy judge, Robert Somma, resigned after being charged with New Hampshire DUI. The Newbury, Massachusetts resident reportedly had just left a bar when he crashed his Mercedes into the rear of a stopped vehicle in Manchester, NH.

The 63-year old federal jurist was wearing a woman’s cocktail dress, high heels and fishnet stockings. He fumbled through a purse to locate his driver’s license. Manchester Police reported that Somma had a difficult time maintaining his balance, smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech. He failed a field sobriety test and a breath test registered a blood-alcohol content of 0.12%, well above the legal limit for drunk driving in New Hampshire.

Somma plead no contest to driving under the influence in New Hampshire, and his driver’s license was suspended for one year. He also resigned his position with the First Federal Circuit in Boston, effective April 1.

Somma was in private practice before being appointed to the federal bench by President Bush in 2004. Somma said he came to New Hampshire because his wife was out of town and nobody knew him in Manchester.

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