The president of the Supreme Court has suspended Judge Francisco Inoa Bisono, the presiding judge in a murder case that involved a police sergeant and a Dominican who resides in New York. The youth accused of the cold-blooded murder of National Police Sergeant Santiago Fortuna Sanchez near a popular bar in Santiago de los Caballeros 17 days ago was placed under “house arrest” by Judge Bisono, a lenient punishment in view of the crime. Until a disciplinary review of his alleged failings as a judge is completed, Inoa Bisono is suspended without pay. He told reporters that he acted according to the new Penal Code, and the only course of action is to appeal his findings. Jefry Alejandro Bencosme Pena parked his car near Daiqui Loco on Juan Pablo Duarte Avenue, got out and proceeded to urinate in public. The police sergeant called his attention to his very improper behaviour and, without further ado, the young man pulled out a gun and shot the policeman in the chest twice. After the judge’s ruling, Bencosme Pena was able to board a Jet Blue flight to New York, in spite of an order to the contrary that was placed by Santiago District Attorney Raul Martinez.