Judge Says He Deflated Courthouse Worker’s Tire—More Than Once
A judge at a Maryland courthouse has admitted in a newspaper interview that he deflated a cleaning worker’s tire—and it wasn’t the first time.
Judge Robert Nalley of Charles County told the Independent that he acted because someone was repeatedly parking in a restricted area near the courthouse. “Absolutely, I plead guilty,” he told the newspaper. Posted signs warn that parking in the area is restricted, he said, and he is supposed to park there, although he supports removing the signs that give him the privilege.
He tried to stop the person, he said, by leaving notes and deflating the tire on previous occasions. It finally worked. “I noticed the car is not there for the first time in several days,” Nalley told the Independent on Tuesday. He said deflating the tire caused less trouble than having the vehicle towed.
The car belonged to courthouse cleaning worker Jean Washington, who told the Washington Post that she likes to park close to the courthouse because her shift doesn’t end until night. She told the Washington Post in a new story that she never received a note or any kind of verbal warning about parking in the prime space near the courthouse.
Nalley’s supervisor, chief administrative judge William Missouri of Maryland’s 7th Circuit, told the Post that Nalley also admitted to him that he deflated the tire, and said he didn’t think it was a “big deal.”
By the end of the day, however, Nalley had reportedly resigned from his role as the chief administrative judge of Charles County.
Updated at 7:30 p.m. to link to subsequent ABAJournal.com post.
