Miami Hearing Office Closed

ALJ Maher Being Arraigned

     From the Miami Herald:

A downtown Miami federal office remained closed Wednesday as federal agents investigated whether a  judge who handles disability cases threatened a co-worker, according to a law-enforcement source familiar with the incident.

The suspected threat is believed to have come from Timothy Maher [an Administrative Law Judge], who was arrested last week and accused of threatening his ex-girlfriend with a rifle at his home in El Portal. The threat was made Tuesday against one of his colleagues at the Social Security Administration office, 333 S. Miami Ave., where Maher normally works reviewing social-security disability claims.

The decision to close the office, according to sources, was made by Federal Protective Services, a branch of U.S. Homeland Security, which provides armed security for U.S. government buildings. FPS did not notify Miami or Miami-Dade police, which usually work in coordination with law enforcement from Homeland Security. ...

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