A Pennsylvania man who serves as a family court judge has been placed on leave since being accused of assaulting his own family.
Judge Michael Fanning, 60, has served on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas since 2014 as a family court judge. This week, he found himself on the other side of the bench when police said he assaulted his wife and 30-year-old daughter on Monday at the couple’s home in East Torresdale, Pennsylvania, according to reporting by The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was arrested and released on $200,000 unsecured bail, but was ordered not to have any contact with the family members he allegedly attacked.
Local news radio station KYW reported that Fanning was suspended without pay from his position at the court on Thursday. A court spokesperson told KYW, “The court moved expeditiously to restrict Judge Fanning’s access to the building and immediately reassigned all his cases.”…