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Retired judge accused of corruption dead in shootout after FBI comes for him

Self-inflicted gunshot wound

Rob Beschizza
Sep 25, 2024
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Screenshot: WABC. Photo: Orange County DA
Screenshot: WABC. Photo: Orange County DA

Stewart Rosenwasser, a former county court judge in Orange County, New York, shot and killed himself as FBI agents came to arrest him on a corruption and extortion indictment Tuesday. His death followed an exchange of gunfire with the approaching agents, according to WABC News and others. Rosenwasser's most recen…

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