Ex-NYS judge, prosecutor kills himself after shootout with FBI agents who arrived to arrest him on corruption charges: report

A retired upstate New York judge and former prosecutor allegedly shot himself to death Tuesday morning in a shootout with FBI agents trying to bust him on bribery and corruption charges, according to sources.

Stewart Rosenwasser, who has been embroiled in a sordid federal bribery scandal, allegedly opened fire on the agents as they approached his Orange County home before his death by apparent suicide shortly after 9:30 am, law enforcement sources told The Post. ---More...