Retired Pa. Judge Gets Probation in Concealed Gun Case
A retired Pennsylvania judge has been put on probation after pleading no contest to carrying a concealed firearm without a permit during a fray with his father-in-law in November 2006.
Senior District Judge Donald H. Presutti, 60, “told officials he had the gun loaded, cocked and concealed because he was afraid of his father-in-law, Earl Quillen, whom he said had swung at him and grabbed him by the neck earlier at the auto body shop,” writes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Raymond Billotte, the Common Pleas Court district court administrator, says Presutti, who had been hearing cases as a senior judge after his retirement in January 2006, is not currently listed on the arraignment judges roster as being on call. AFter Presutti’s plea yesterday, President Judge Joseph James will be consulting with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts to determine his status, according to the newspaper.
Presutti was given nine months of probation by Allegheny County Judge Randal Todd following his misdemeanor plea, and will be required to complete 120 hours of community service and attend anger management classes.
