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Judge in police misconduct case drops out

George R. Peck, Nassau County Court judge. (Nov.

Photo credit: Rick Kopstein | George R. Peck, Nassau County Court judge. (Nov. 17, 2003)

A second judge assigned to preside over the case of three former Nassau police commanders accused of conspiring to stop the arrest of a police benefactor's son recused himself from the case Thursday, but did not explain why.

Judge George Peck interrupted prosecutor Bernadette Ford during a scheduled hearing in Nassau County Court in Mineola immediately after she asked him to recuse himself...

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