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Half Naked PA Judge Tries to Force His Way Into Hotel Room of Female Colleague

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Half Naked PA Judge Tries to Force His Way Into Hotel Room of Female Colleague

From The Daily Mail:

A judge was arrested after he was found naked wrapped in a bed sheet and trying to get into the hotel room of a female colleague.

District judge Douglas Gummo got drunk then hammered repeatedly on the door of the lady judge he had just met at a legal conference in Pennsylvania.

Police said the 42-year-old refused to take ‘No’ for an answer and when the frightened woman saw he was attempting to turn the doorknob of her bedroom door she called police.

Gummo was found to be naked under a white hotel bed sheet and was charged with harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

The bizarre incident took place as Gummo and other magisterial judges attended a legal conference at the Raddison Penn hotel in Harrisburg.

Gummo drank the alcohol on offer at the plush dinner until he was drunk. After the conference and dinner Gummo and the female judge, who has not been named, retired to their separate bedrooms.

According to a police arrest report Gummo banged on the judge’s door after midnight, but was refused entry.
He later returned and pestered the female judge to let him in.

According to a local Pennsylvania news report, the judge is now off the bench:

Court administrators in Huntingdon County told WJAC-TV that magistrates will be filling in for the district judge arrested late last week on a charge of public drunkenness and harassment.

Court documents obtained from Cumberland County show that 42-year-old Douglas Gummo was charged with public drunkenness, harassment and disorderly conduct following an incident at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel in East Pennsboro early Friday morning.

According to investigators, Gummo was wearing only a bed sheet when he was taken into custody for repeatedly banging on the hotel door of another judge at a judicial conference being held in the Harrisburg area last week.

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Huntingdon County court administrators told WJAC-TV on Monday afternoon that Gummo had not been suspended, but that a court order was released stating that other district magistrates would preside over hearings on Gummo’s docket.

Officials said the Gummo’s office will remain open and that officers will still file charges through the district magistrate in Alexandria.

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  • Stu D. Baker-Hawk
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:55pm

    To anybody who might be ‘shocked’ over this judge’s repugnant behavior, you needn’t be. Just remember that nearly all judges in our country were formerly lawyers — a ranking second only to pond scum as the lowest form of life on our planet. Need I say more?

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    • TheRealElvis
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:06pm

      Pond Scum? I didn’t think they ranked that high. You must be giving lawyers the benefit of the doubt.

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    • annieoakley
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:48pm

      Hey! Isn’t our pres. a Lawyer? Our FLOTUS too? I believe she lost her license (disbarred) something about her fees?

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:21pm

      Hill and Bill are lawyers too. I’m gonna have to side with Elvis on this one.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:54pm

    wonder if he is married? hope he doesnt return to the bench..let this be a lesson.. dont drink until your drunk.. you do things ya might not otherwise do.. gonna share THIS story with my kids

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  • ares338
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:53pm

    It’s a lawyer. What did you expect?

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  • kindling
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:44pm

    What has our country come to? This has become a lawless free for all!

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:43pm

    Gummo, Gummo, that explains it. The guy just wanted to GUM UP the judicial system. I mean, what else could it be? In all seriousness though, what are these big seminars, conferences and day long hotel meetings if not an excuse for stupidity, foolishness and drunken escapades? Let’s face it, people are away from home, have ready access to booze and other chemicals and most important of all, a room key in their hand to boot. It’s a perfect set-up for what happened here!

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:00pm

      You call trying to force his way into a female colleague’s hotel room a “drunken escapade?”
      I see. And you’re not even drunk — or are you?

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  • Stolly
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:39pm

    Too bad for Gummo, it seems Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo were already in the lady’s room!

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  • TheRealElvis
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:35pm

    But where were Harpo and Groucho?

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:34pm

    Hey…when Sharia law is enacted…she will not be allowed to eat dinner with him or even be a judge…problem solved (sarcasm).

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  • clockwatcher
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:30pm

    He is a Ted Kennedy (make it a double scotch) Democrat/Socialist/Progressive. MSNBC what do you have to say about this supporter of the black jimmy carter. Will Mika (the skank who was passed around Dartmouth while going to Williams) make fun of him tomorrow? No he is protected because he is a liberial.

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  • BarneyFyfe
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:29pm

    Justice is open to everyone in the same way as the Ritz Hotel. ~Judge Sturgess

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:29pm

    Some interesting info, he RAN UNOPPOSED! Still cannot find his affiliation. From here-

    http://www.huntingdoncounty.net/Documents/2007%20general%20election%20results%20-%20county%20summary.pdf

    MAGISTERIAL DIST JUDGE 20-3-01
    VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
    DOUG GUMMO (DEM/REP)
    WRITE-IN

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:22pm

    Embarrassed to say I’m from Pennsylvania.
    Notice no mention of political affillations. Must be a damocrat.

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  • moonpeace
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:21pm

    The judge does seem to have that somewhat perverted look in his eyes, huh?

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    • WHITE LOTUS2x
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:54pm

      Moonpeace, The same look as in the eyes of, of, The Screamen Demon Howard Dean. Lotus.

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  • concealled9mms
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:21pm

    another clinton appointee i guess. sounds like a clinton type manuver

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  • high school drop out
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:20pm

    Wow! Judges really know how to party……I,m kidding

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  • moonpeace
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:20pm

    Alcohol and/or other drugs will do this to a person. I guarantee that if you took away the substance(s) the judge would have been a normal man that night. The incident could have easily turned into something terrible and ruined lives forever.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Are you saying all men get the urge to rape when they are drunk? Uh-huh.

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    • bikermama
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 9:50pm

      @ Moonpeace. Really? I take it you never drank or did drugs. You don’t become a whole different person, actually, it often just allows one to show who they truely are. I use to own a bar and have known my fair share of drug users (cuz I owned a bar). 99 percent of folks personalities become enhanced by substances, but it is soooo rare they become someone completely different. I have seen one or two who would suffer from “blackouts” where they did not recall anything they did or said and had a complete personality change. But like I said, most people just get the “guts” to do what they really always wanted to do when they get drunk or high. Don’t make excuses for this scum bag.

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  • Lt_Taz
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:20pm

    Sounds as though Judge Gummo isn’t to brilliant, I would have to question his character and ability to sit on the bench.

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  • NSDQ
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:19pm

    I hate when this happens

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  • bassist237
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:18pm

    The smile of a perv.

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:18pm

    Since there is no party affiliation noted in the story, WE CAN ALL ASSUME HE IS A Democrat/Socialist/Progressive/Communist or whatever they are calling themselves these days.

    LOL

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  • shorthanded12
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:18pm

    If he (the judge in question) is on the payroll of local unions He’s Safe. If he’s a Republican you can now apply for unemployment benefits…LOL

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:47pm

      Some judges are in a state where there is no party affiliation. Maybe someone from PA can enlighten us on this?

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    • chickenlittle
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:09pm

      @ Showtime… I just found the actual PA ballot for that election… they do list parties for most candidates… believe it or not he is listed as (DEM/REP)… having it both ways???? He was elected with a grand total of 90+ votes and 4 write-ins.

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:17pm

    no means no, and to think this animal has sentenced a lot of people to jail and look how he acts, they should lock him up with those he but in jail,or a least the biggest bubba in jail and just give him a sheet to wear,i bet you he sues the hotel for all those free drinks,yeah,that was the problem ,not him,

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:16pm

    HEY BLAZE!

    We the taxpayer union would like to know WHAT party was the Alleged Criminal from? How bout posting an UPDATE! You know, cover ALL THE FACTS.

    How bout doing some RESEARCH instead of just posting what the AP gives you?

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:20pm

      what does it matter??? he is a creep this is not political,this a derange idiot whore monger.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:29pm

      I’d like to know if he is married, and if so, what his wife had to say about it!

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    • chickenlittle
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:44pm

      @David… I personally don‘t care WHAT party he’s affiliated with. Whichever, the opposing party will use it as ammunition. To me, it’s just another overinflated ego … hate to see a guy like that as a judge anywhere!

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    • finadena
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:49pm

      Rachael, is that you. Must be Rachael Maddow from MSNBC. LOL

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:08pm

      @Commonsenseguy
      Geez, I don‘t if he’s a whoremonger, but the judge who was smart enough to keep her door shut, appears to be a lady.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:15pm

      Darn. Meant to say, “I don‘t know if he’s a whoremonger…”

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:23pm

      Chickenlittle: “I personally don‘t care WHAT party he’s affiliated with. Whichever, the opposing party will use it as ammunition. To me, it’s just another overinflated ego … hate to see a guy like that as a judge anywhere!”
      —
      I agree that it shouldn’t matter to us, but his political loyalties will determine whether this creepo stays on the bench or not.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:15pm

    Ah, the ghost of Ted Kennedy is proud of you. It’s a classic Teddrunk move.

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    • shotzie
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:48pm

      And there will probably be few if any consequences. We should do a poll here and see how many believe he will remain a judge and be back on the bench within 3 months. What an excellent role model. He was 42, the article did not say if he was married or has children.

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    • Tomr
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:55pm

      Talking about Ted, did anyone notice that there was no mention of Ted in parts 1 or 2 of “The Kennedys” series. Wonder Why?

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:33pm

      Well, if he’s a Democrat, he could of killed the woman and still be loved by the Democrats

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:12pm

      Why do you still dish on Ted Kennedy – he is dead and gone – rag on someone who is alive and something can be done about!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:11pm

    I thought Murtha had died…..

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:22pm

      So the question comes to mind, will he actually face any jailtime over this, or will the matter be just swept under the rug?

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    • Creestof
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:33pm

      Was the sheet wrapped around him? Or was he playng the ol’ “look Ma…no hands!” routine? I want to whether or not I should be impressed.

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    • mrsmileyface
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:48pm

      @Snow That rug will have to be the size of Neptune. And the real victim put in a hole.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:54pm

      Was the other Judge, Judy

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    • bikerr
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Gummo, a former Mount Union police chief, was elected in 2007. His term expires in January 2014. Gummo makes $82,303 a year, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts said.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:00pm

      bikerr
      Was the other Judge, Judy
      ———–
      Must’ve been Paula Abdul

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    • avenger
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:03pm

      hmmm..the news hid the party affiliation…this horn dog must be a democrat….

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 6:20pm

      He’s not fit to be a judge period.

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    • Uriel
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 9:01pm

      Avenger, you stole my thunder. That’s exactly the first thing I thought, too.

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    • So Ready to go
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:11pm

      @snowleapard: Depends what party he is! Republican=yes, probably. Demoncrat=a slap on the wrist!

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    • Strictlybusiness
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:19pm

      Depends, If he is a GOOD little socialist agenda supporting Judge, and he supports legislating from the bench. THEN HE WILL CERTAINLY GET OFF SCOTT FREE, IN FACT THAT WOMAN, if she is conservative, she had better get an attorney, and A GOOD ONE , because before it’s all said and done this whole thing will BE HER FAULT ! ! ! !

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    • Glenn in Virginia
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:46pm

      Since they’re not telling us, I suspect it‘s safe to assume he’s a Democrat.

      I could be wrong; but I don’t think so.

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    • Anti_Spock
      Posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:57pm

      Strip the jerk from the bench. He has no business holding authority as a Judge.

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