Arkansas Judge Resigns After Thousands of Nude Photos of Defendants Found

The judge would often give defendants his hand-written phone number and have them serve what he described as 'community service' at his home

An Arkansas judge resigned on Monday after he was accused of exchanging sex with defendants for reduced sentences, NBC News reported.

Joe Boeckmann's resignation came after the commission said in a May 5 letter to his lawyer that it was in the process of recovering as many as 4,500 photos.

"They all depict young men, many naked who are in various poses inside the judge's home and outside in his yard," the letter states, adding that many of the men had received checks from the judge and had appeared before him as defendants.

In documents filed earlier this year, the commission detailed the allegations of several men — including one under 18 — who described appearing in Boeckmann's court for minor violations. The judge would often give defendants his hand-written phone number and have them serve what he described as "community service" at his home.

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