Hogeland and Miller were charged in what are known as criminal informations, as opposed to indictments, which generally signals that the defendant intends to plead guilty to the crimes. The former Traffic Court judges were among nine current and former judges on the minor bench who were charged with “ticket-fixing” following a three-year FBI investigation into the alleged corrupt acts. Miller pleaded guilty to mail fraud, unlike Hogeland who pleaded guilty to both mail fraud and conspiracy. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia, Hogeland once presided over a ticket issued to Miller’s son and found the son not guilty without the son having to make an in-person court appearance. The court docket shows that Hogeland is out on $20,000 bail.Īlso to plead guilty was 76-year-old Kenneth Miller of Brookhaven, Pa., a Delaware County senior magisterial district judge who also heard Philadelphia Traffic Court cases from time to time.Īccording to the U.S. The federal judge overseeing the case, Robert F. The docket sheet in Hogeland’s case at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia shows that the former minor court jurist pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and two counts of mail fraud and aiding and abetting, which are felonies. Warren Hogeland, 75, a former Philadelphia Traffic Court judge, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud charges in connection with his involvement in the alleged scheme, in which federal authorities have said Traffic Court judges routinely dismissed tickets for family members, friends and the politically connected sometimes in exchange for favors. Two of the defendants caught up in the Philadelphia Traffic Court scandal involving alleged “ticket-fixing” scheme have pleaded guilty, the first two to do so since the federal government unsealed indictments in the scandal late last month.Ĭourt records show, and the U.S.
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