Cook County judge suspended after altercation

A Cook County judge has been barred from judicial duties after her arrest during a confrontation with two sheriff’s deputies after acting erratically last week.

The Circuit Court of Cook County’s executive committee on Monday removed Judge Cynthia Brim from the bench.

The executive committee is made up of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans and presiding judges at all of Cook County’s major branch courts. It said Brim was removed because she’s been charged with a crime, inappropriate conduct that may have threatened public safety, and possible actions that would `’impede the orderly administration of justice.”

Sheriff’s spokesman Frank Bilecki says Brim got into an altercation with deputies after claiming a set of keys at a security checkpoint. Brim was charged with misdemeanor battery and released on bond.