Monterey County Judge Jose Angel Velasquez is a “paradox,” a hard-working judge and role model who has also engaged in a “disturbing pattern” of serious and repeated misconduct while on ...

A state judicial panel Wednesday ordered embattled Judge Jose Angel Velasquez off the Monterey County Superior Court bench for what it said was a wide range of misconduct. Velasquez was ...

Barring a U.S. Supreme Court appeal, the state high court’s decision ends Velasquez’s rocky 12 years on the Monterey County bench and prohibits him from being a judge again.

Superior Court Judge Jose Velasquez "manifested a blatant disregard for the constitutional rights he has sworn to uphold," the Commission on Judicial Performance said in a unanimous decision ...

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) – Saying a judicial panel was too lenient, a Commission of Judicial Performance examiner said Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jose Angel Velasquez should leave to ...