A Day After Voters Kept Her On The Bench, An Iowa Judge Was Charged In Fatal Crash Blamed On Her Phone

On election Tuesday, District Associate Judge Lynn Poschner sailed through her retention vote, winning nearly 69% of the vote and securing another six years on the Polk County bench.

Twenty-four hours later, she was booked on felony charges for a late-night collision that claimed a woman’s life.

The 45-year-old jurist was arrested Nov. 4 and charged with vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle following a weeks-long investigation into a Sept. 25 crash, according to We Are Iowa…

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