text: An obese state judge who allegedly cold-cocked a Legal Aid lawyer after drunkenly bragging “I f—king kill people!” was arraigned Tuesday for the bizarre October incident. 
   
   Robert Beltrani, 53, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court, wearing a gray suit and sporting a quarter-size lump on his forehead. 
   
   He was hit with misdemeanor assault, attempted assault and harassment raps for the altercation in Chelsea with lawyer Sam Roberts. 
   
   He was released without bail and an order of protection was issued in Roberts’ favor. 
   
   As Beltrani left court, he mumbled profanities under his breath but declined to comment on the case. 
   
   On Oct. 20, the administrative judge for the Board of Parole landed in hot water after throwing back one too many at a party on West 18th Street celebrating a new law firm. 
   
   As Beltrani stood in front of the venue at about 11:30 p.m., he bellowed to Roberts: “Yeah, I’m the judge. I do justice and I f—ing kill people!,” the complaint states. 
   
   As Roberts turned away, the feisty jurist socked him in the face, court papers allege. 
   
   Beltrani, who weighs nearly 300 pounds, drunkenly toppled over, knocking into Roberts and sending them both tumbling to the sidewalk, the complaint says. 
   
   The unhinged judge landed on top of Roberts, who lost consciousness when his head and body smashed into the pavement. 
   
   Beltrani took off and Roberts was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated for a separated shoulder and a black eye. 
   
   “It was nuts!” Robert said of the attack. “I was happy, I had just won a trial, I was with friends celebrating their new firm — until I ended up in the emergency room.” 
   
   He met the judge for the first time earlier that night, and they chatted briefly. “He seemed somewhat belligerent and intoxicated,” Roberts noted. “He was saying things like you could learn a lot from me, you better watch out, don’t disrespect me.” 
   
   As Roberts, 48, was leaving the event, Beltrani showed up itching for a fight, the lawyer said. 
   
   “It was very surprising,” Roberts remarked. “The guy probably needs help.” 
   
   Beltrani has been suspended from his job pending an investigation, a source said. 
   
   The New York State Department of Corrections didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. 
   
   Beltrani’s lawyer, Dan Ollen, declined to comment. ||||| The parole judge arrested for allegedly slugging a Legal Aid attorney after a party was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor assault and harassment. 
   
   Robert Beltrani, 53, was before a Manhattan Criminal Court judge for the first time since the boozy Oct. 20 incident on W. 18th St. in Chelsea. 
   
   He didn’t remain at the scene, authorities said, and later received a desk appearance ticket ordering him to appear in court Tuesday. 
   
   Beltrani stayed mum as he left the courthouse with his attorney Daniel Ollen and an order of protection in favor of Sam Roberts, the alleged sucker-punch victim. 
   
   Drunken judge sucker-punches Legal Aid lawyer after party 
   
   Roberts was knocked out and suffered a separated shoulder, torn labrum, black eye and other injuries after a brief exchange with Beltrani, who was visibly drunk, according to witnesses. 
   
   Beltrani stayed mum as he left the courthouse with his attorney Daniel Ollen and an order of protection in favor of Sam Roberts (pictured), the sucker-punch victim. (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News) 
   
   The judge allegedly socked Roberts — who was walking in front of him — as the attorney turned away from Beltrani following a brief verbal encounter. 
   
   “Yeah, I’m the judge,” Beltrani allegedly said. “I do justice and I f---ing kill people!” 
   
   Beltrani, who oversees state parole cases at the Rikers Island jail complex, was placed on administrative leave following the incident. 
   
   He faces up to a year behind bars if convicted on the top count. 
   
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   An allegedly drunk state judge, after bragging that he was a homicidal menace, sucker-punched a Legal Aid lawyer — and left the man lying unconscious on a Chelsea sidewalk, according to cops and witnesses. 
   
   Robert Beltrani, 53, an administrative law judge with the state Department of Parole, fled the scene in his car after the Oct. 20 beatdown following a nearby party, cops said. 
   
   “I do justice,” the burly judge reportedly announced twice before belting attorney Sam Roberts without provocation. “I f---ing kill people.” 
   
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   Roberts, 48, suffered a black eye and a separated shoulder when he hit the ground after taking a pair of unexpected blows to the head from the beefy Beltrani. 
   
   The incident was captured in its entirety on security video, sources said. 
   
   “The judge is so fat and drunk that he falls on top of (Roberts),” a witness told the Daily News. “It looked like Sam was dead . . . It was a complete sucker punch. I think in a fair fight, Sam probably knocks this guy out.” 
   
   The lawyer was rushed by ambulance to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Beltrani walked away on W. 18th St. toward Sixth Ave. and headed for home, a witness told The News. 
   
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   The judge was tracked down after another witness took down his license plate and contacted investigators, police said. 
   
   The 53-year-old judge was issued a desk appearance ticket after surrendering Wednesday at the 13th Precinct station house. 
   
   Robert Beltrani and Roberts met at a party full of Legal Aid lawyers before the encounter. (Jay Davies for new york daily news) 
   
   Beltrani also served as chairman for the Queens Republican Party in 2014-15. Attempts to reach him by phone and email for comment Friday were unsuccessful. 
   
   He was placed on administrative leave pending further investigation of the bizarre beatdown, according to a source. Roberts, after meeting Friday with Manhattan prosecutors, said felony charges were possible. 
   
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   “I can definitely say there was no physical provocation and I was completely cold-cocked and taken by surprise by this,” Roberts told The News. “He didn’t like me. . . . There were definitely no threats or anything like that.” 
   
   According to Roberts, the drunken judge was already spewing obnoxious comments when they were introduced last week by a mutual acquaintance. 
   
   “There was no fight or altercation,” the defense lawyer said. “I do remember him saying that he knew a lot. He would be able to teach me a lot. 
   
   “I wasn’t really interested in talking to this guy or having much communication with him. Maybe I wasn’t polite to him. I don’t know.” 
   
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   The party was filled with Legal Aid lawyers and others in the criminal justice system. 
   
   Roberts said he’d tried to slip away from the bash when Beltrani launched into some self-promotional blather. 
   
   “Don’t disrespect me,” he said the judge warned him at one point. “Watch out.” 
   
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target: – A party in October ended with a Legal Aid lawyer lying unconscious on a New York City sidewalk, and on Tuesday, a state parole judge who handles Rikers Island cases was charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment in the case, the New York Daily News reports. Robert Beltrani, 53, was said to be at the same Oct. 20 party as attorney Sam Roberts, 48, per the New York Post, and an allegedly intoxicated Beltrani reportedly said some inflammatory words to Roberts just after 11:30 that night as they stood outside the venue. "Yeah, I'm the judge," Beltrani said, per the complaint against him. "I do justice and I f---ing kill people!" Beltrani then allegedly sucker-punched Roberts as he tried to walk away, then fell on top of him on the sidewalk. Roberts was knocked out and suffered a separated shoulder, a black eye, and other injuries. He told the Daily News in October that Beltrani just didn't seem to like him after they were introduced, that he tried to disengage and may have been impolite to Beltrani, and that at one point the judge warned him, "Don't disrespect me. Watch out." The Post, which noted Beltrani showed up to court Tuesday with a "quarter-size lump on his forehead," adds that he left the courtroom without comment, "[mumbling] profanities under his breath." He was released without bail; Roberts received an order of protection against him. (An Iowa man died over the summer after being sucker-punched.)