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Judge censured for being at poker games

Judge Paul Hensley.

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp, 2008 | Judge Paul Hensley.

A state commission has censured Suffolk County District Judge Paul M. Hensley for participating in illegal poker games in 2008, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Friday.

Censure is a public reprimand for the judge, who has sat on the bench since 2002.

The judge played in several "Texas Hold 'em" games for money that were held at the Fraternal Order of Eagles...

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