Jurists picked to handle Pozonsky case
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The state Supreme Court has picked two judges to handle the criminal case of a former Washington County judge charged with stealing cocaine from police evidence files in cases before him.
Former Judge Paul Pozonsky’s preliminary hearing Thursday has been postponed indefinitely.
He was charged by the state attorney general last month after retiring abruptly without explanation and moving to Anchorage, Alaska, last June. His attorney has declined to specifically address allegations that Pozonsky stole the drugs and tried to replace some of them with baking soda before President Judge Debbie O’Dell Seneca removed him from hearing criminal cases early last year.
Senior District Judge Michael Gerheim of Armstrong County has been appointed to handle Pozonsky’s preliminary hearing. Senior Bedford County Judge Daniel Lee Howser will handle the case in Common Pleas Court.