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BREAKING NEWS From NEW YORK!

Judge Just Arrested!

Anthony T. Hincks stated, "It's when I strip down to my underwear that I feel in

control of the situation."

Perhaps that was what a New York judge was thinking when he chose to steal soiled underwear?

Except in Long Island judge Robert Cicale's case, it was not his underwear but that of

his neighbor.

That is first-degree panty larceny also known as second-degree burglary.

Cicale was caught with his robes down after breaking into a neighbor's home and stealing

a pair of women's panties.

Police said the woman was alone in her East Islip home on Thursday, when she heard a noise

and saw a man running off.

He snuck into the East Islip home at around 9 a.m. in the morning but fled once he realized

a 23 year old woman was inside the home.

The woman then reported that Cicale ran away, leaving her house.

She then closed and locked the door, and called her mother.

Her mother then called 911.

When the police arrived at the home, the woman provided a description of Cicale.

Prosecutors stated the woman was sleeping but woke up when she heard the door open.

She then called out, "Hello?"

She then spotted Cicale in the doorway.

Responding officers report they saw Cicale walking up to a different house and pretend

to knock on the door.

He could offer no explanation to police why he was at yet another neighbor's home.

Police picked up Cicale a few blocks from the house where officers say they found Cicale

carrying the woman's "soiled undergarments."

He was approached due to matching the victim's description.

Police also report several pairs of soiled women's underwear on him, which the victim

identified as her own.

Cicale admitted to his crime but claimed the underwear they found on him was from another

time he had broken into her home.

He also admitted he had broken into her home on previous occasions.

In his confession, he said he stole the underwear upon feeling "urges."

He then admitted that on several prior occasions, he entered the home without permission, opened

her dirty clothes hamper and removed the soiled panties from the home.

A married father with three young children ages about 9 to 13, he is accused of sneaking

into a neighbor's home across the street and stealing the underwear on multiple occasions

belonging to a 23 year old woman who lives there with her parents.

Acting Commissioner Stuart Cameron told Newsday – "He was found with . . . soiled female

undergarments.

We don't know if these were the proceeds from the burglary today or a previous break-in.

Cicale was elected in 2015 on the Republican, Conservative, Green, Independence and Reform

party lines.

He also served as Islip Town attorney and worked for the Legal Aid Society, which represents

indigent defendants.

Of Cicale, Christopher Brocato, president of the Suffolk County Criminal Bar Association,

said: "He has a reputation not only as a good judge but as a good human being, too.'"

It is not currently clear if the 23-year-old is his only victim or if he fixated on her

specifically.

It is also not clear exactly how many times he was in her home.

He is believed to know the girl from when she previously worked as an intern at the

Islip Town Attorney's Office.

Cicale worked for the office around the same time.

The prosecutor said the woman identified Cicale, who wrote out a confession and a letter of

apology to the woman.

Despite the admission of guilt, according to the criminal complaint, Cicale pleaded

not guilty Friday to second-degree burglary, a class C felony.

Despite admitting to his crimes, Cicale pleaded not guilty Friday to burglary after being

held on $50,000 bail.

He is facing up to 15 years in prison and has been temporarily relieved of his judicial

duties indefinitely according to a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration,

Lucian Chalfen.

His cases will be reassigned.

Chalfen stated – "In addition, the matter has been referred to the Court of Appeals

for a determination as to whether he will be suspended and if his suspension will be

with or without pay."

Cicale's attorney said his client had a stellar reputation.

Defense attorney William Wesler states – "His reputation throughout the court is stellar.

Every judge, every lawyer respects him, and we just have to see how the process plays

out."

Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini states of the situation – "This is highly

disturbing.

This is an individual who swore to uphold the law.

He violated it in a very serious way.

The message here from both the Suffolk County Police Department and the Suffolk County District

Attorney's office is that no one is above the law, and we'll prosecute this case to

the fullest extent of the law."

A restraining order has been issued in an effort to prevent Cicale from contacting his

victim again and as a condition of his bail, Cicale is required to wear a GPS monitor according

to Sini.

He is ordered to stay at least 100 feet from the neighbor's house, and he is ordered

to have no contact with the 23-year-old woman or her parents.

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