Ohio judge poisoned with antifreeze, wife of 45 years in jail

Lake County Sheriff's Office

Carla Rae Hague, 71, is relaxing in a jail cell near the courthouse where her husband is really a judge. She's charged with poisoning her husband, Judge Charles Hague, with antifreeze.

Hague, a upon the market nurse that has been married towards the judge for 45 years, continues to be billed with felonious assault and it is likely to be billed with attempted murder and possible tampering with evidence, the Ashtabula County Sheriff told ABCNews.com.

Based on the Sheriff's office, Judge Hague was introduced to some hospital in Ashtabula County on Sept. 15 and existence flighted that very same day towards the Cleveland Clinic. Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department received a telephone call from people from the Hague family on Sept. 19 to file for a complaint if this was discovered from hospital tests that top amounts of ethylene glycol, also known as antifreeze, was based in the judge's body.

"The analysis discovered that Judge Hague have been deliberately poisoned," an argument in the sheriff's office stated.

Carla Rae Hague was arrested 12 ,. 2, only one next day of her 71st birthday. Police rejected to state what motivated these to arrest her.

Judge Hague continues to be located on the Common Pleas Juvenile/ Probate Court bench since 1993. Ashtabula County Sheriff Bill Manley told Caramba Today the Hague family "was well-known in Ashtabula County."

Dodie Mattson, who campaigned for Hague as he went for election, told Caramba Today affiliate News Internet 5, that they could not accept is as true when she discovered the accusations. "They are wonderful people," Mattson stated.

Judge Hague has become recuperating in your own home while his wife remains imprisoned. Sheriff Manley thinks the arraignment is going to be waived and also the situation goes straight to a great jury that is scheduled to satisfy 12 ,. 18. The grand jury will settle if there's sufficient evidence to charge Carla Rae Hague.

"The analysis is simply simply an analysis," the sheriff stated. "It's a bit more sensitive due to him as being a sitting judge, but we'd handle it exactly the same way regardless of who it might be within an analysis."

Making certain that there's not really a conflict of great interest may be the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office's finest concern. "The truth that he's a sitting judge will make national news, so we realize that,Inch Manley stated.

The Hague family when arrived at for comment stated, "We've no comment at this time around and we might be thankful should you respect the household's wishes which is the comment we've at this time around."

The attorney for Carla Rae Hague couldn't be arrived at for comment.