SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice has decided against any criminal charges against a former Salem judge who resigned in February to avoid an official misconduct charge.
The state continued investigating former Marion County Circuit Judge Lynn Ashcroft after he failed to disclose he knew a woman who was appearing in a drug case and specifically requested to hear her case.
According to documents released Monday by state officials, Heather Parks told investigators she first met Ashcroft at a motorcycle shop in Salem through a former boyfriend.
Ashcroft told the Statesman Journal the state alleged he had some relationship with Parks and found her not guilty because of it, but he denied it.