CLEVELAND (WJW) — Former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze appeared for sentencing Monday, June 1, on a felony count of tampering with records.
Celebrezze, 54, of Brecksville, admitted to manually assigning herself a divorce case in 2023, while claiming it had been randomly assigned. She pleaded guilty in January.
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Judge Mark Wiest on Monday sentenced her to 60 days in jail and fined her $10,000.
“I’m concerned about the harm to the judiciary when something like this happens. Judges, mayors, elected officials are not held in high esteem by the public right now, and something like this, when it is reported to the public, just lowers that esteem,” the judge said…