*Lance Mason, an Ohio judge and legislator who spent less than a year in prison for assaulting his estranged wife, Aisha Fraser, is now accused of stabbing her to death in front of their daughters.
Mason, 51, was taken into custody this weekend after his ex-wife was found dead in his driveway, according to WKYC.
When police arrived on the scene in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Mason allegedly attempted suicide and then tried to flee, ramming his vehicle into a police cruiser in the process. He and an officer were taken to an area hospital.
According to the report, Mason was charged with felony assault on the officer. No charges were immediately filed in connection with 45-year-old Aisha, according to News 5 Cleveland.
Mason previously slammed Fraser’s head into a car dashboard so hard she needed plastic surgery.
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This is Aisha Fraser, a teacher at Woodbury Elementary. She was allegedly stabbed to death by her ex-husband and former Cuyahoga County Judge Lance Mason. In a statement released from her school, it read, “She touched so many of our children’s lives and will be deeply missed.” pic.twitter.com/ERco2QkZTc
— Jordan Miller (@J_MillerTV) November 18, 2018
Yahoo.com breaks down the backstory:
In 2014, Mason was arrested after he punched her 20 times, slammed her head against the dashboard of their car and then drove away as she lay bleeding on the ground, according to Cleveland.com. Their two young children were in the back seat of the vehicle.
Mason was serving as a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge until he was removed a month after the attack. His wife filed for divorce, asked for a protection order and later sued Mason and won $150,000 in damages. Mason was sentenced to a total of two years and six months, but served only nine months, according to News 5.
Following his release, Mason wrote a blog about how life behind bars had changed him. The Cleveland Mayor, Frank Jackson, was so impressed that he gave Mason a job working as a minority business development director for the city.
But on Saturday, Jackson fired Mason and wrote in a statement obtained by WKYC: “I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Ms. Aisha Fraser, especially to her children.”
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