A Wisconsin judge was found guilty of obstruction on Dec. 18 after being accused of aiding an illegal immigrant evade federal immigration agents outside her courtroom in April.
A jury found Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, 66, guilty of obstruction, a charge that carries up to five years in prison, but acquitted her of a lesser count alleging she concealed a person from arrest. Her sentencing date has not been confirmed.
Dugan was arrested in April after allegedly escorting 31-year-old Eduardo Flores-Ruiz out the back door of her courtroom to avoid arrest by immigration agents waiting to detain him.
Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican native who entered the United States illegally, had been arrested in Milwaukee on March 12 over a battery incident and was later charged with misdemeanor counts of battery, domestic abuse, and causing physical harm….