Circuit court judge arrested after accusations of altering orders
Judge Julie Introcaso faces 2 felony, 3 misdemeanor charges
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Updated: 10:53 PM EST Feb 11, 2021
Judge Julie Introcaso faces 2 felony, 3 misdemeanor charges
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Updated: 10:53 PM EST Feb 11, 2021
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING AND TODAY CHARGED HER WITH FELONIES AND MISDEAMENORS. 56-YEAR-OLD JUDGE JULIE INTROCASO OF BEDFORD IS FACING CHARGES TONIGHT... ACCUSED OF USING WHITE OUT TO CHANGE COURT ORDERS... AND THEN LYING ABOUT IT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING AFTER THE STATE'S JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE RELEASED A REPORT... DETAILING THE ALLEGATIONS THAT STEM FROM A 2019 CHILD CUSTODY CASE. INTROCASO... A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE IN NASHUA... OVERSAW THE CASE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS... EVEN THOUGH THE COMPLAINT SAYS SHE WAS CLOSE FRIENDS WITH AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS SERVING AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM. SHE APPROVED RULINGS ON FEES AND METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR THAT PERSON. IN HER RESPONSE TO THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE... CRONIN JUDGE QUOTE 1 "JUDGE INTROCASO STATES THAT SHE LIKELY SIGNED THIS ORDER WITHOUT FIRST READING IT." THE COMPLAINT SAYS SHE EVENTUALLY RECUSED HERSELF... BUT SOMEONE INVOLVED WITH THE CASE COMPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SHE'S THEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO HIDE WRONGDOINGS BY USING WHITE OUT TO ALTER THE COURT ORDERS. CRONIN JUDGE QUOTE 2 THE COMPLAINT SAYING... "AT THE TIME SHE KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO HER RULINGS ON THIS ORDER." SHE DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS IN THAT REPORT... RELEASED IN OCTOBER. TODAY... INTROCASO WAS CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING EVIDENCE, TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC RECORDS, AND UNSWORN FALSIFICATION. WHILE AN ARRAIGNMENT DATE HASN'T BEEN SET... THE JUDICIAL CONDU