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…