Federal judge who presided over first Jim Traficant trial dies

CLEVELAND — Senior U.S. District Judge Ann Aldrich, who presided over the first federal criminal trial of James A. Traficant Jr., died Sunday evening at the age of 82.

Judge Aldrich was the first woman appointed to federal district court in Ohio. A jury acquitted Traficant of bribery and tax evasion charges in June 1983, a little more than a year before Traficant was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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