Judge Cicconetti hands out another bizarre sentence - 19 Action News|Cleveland, OH|News, Weather, Sports

Popular judge hands out another bizarre sentence

Posted: Updated:
PAINESVILLE, OH (WOIO) -

Painesville Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti, well-known for his unusual sentencings, is at it again.

First-time DUI offender Jonathan Tarase, 27 was in court Tuesday morning with the judge, when he was sentenced to 65 days in jail.  Cicconetti suspended 60 of the days and Tarase doesn't have to serve his 5 days in jail until April. 

But the other part of his sentence between now and then, is that Tarase is also required to be on-call with the Lake County Coroner's Office and hospitals.

Cicconetti is requiring he view the bodies of at least two fatal accident victims before he goes to jail.

In the past, Cicconetti has received both criticism and praise for his unusual sentencings, usually meant to teach the offenders a lesson as opposed to locking them up.

Copyright 2013 WOIO. All rights reserved.

  • Seen on 19Seen on 19

  • Thursday, May 23 2013 12:40 PM EDT2013-05-23 16:40:16 GMT
    19 Action news is happy to be using Waze, literally a ground changing app we'd like to share with you. It's a free app that improves your daily commute by connecting drivers to one another creating local
    19 Action news is happy to be using Waze, literally a ground changing app we'd like to share with you. It's a free app that improves your daily commute by connecting drivers to one another creating local