Former Judge Cronin faces new DUI charge


September 6, 2007 at 10:20p.m.

Former Judge Cronin faces new DUI charge

YOUNGSTOWN — Former Judge Maureen A. Cronin faces jail time after being charged with her second driving-under-the-influence charge in two years late Wednesday.

Judge Cronin was stopped by a state trooper at 11:54 p.m. Wednesday while driving on state Route 11 in Beaver Township, according to an Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesman. She was reported to have been swerving outside marked lane lines.

The former judge entered an innocent plea and waived her arraignment, scheduled for 9 a.m. today in Mahoning County Court in Canfield. A pretrial date will be set for her next court appearance.

She pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence in 2005.

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