Embattled City Court Judge Leticia Astacio has allegedly violated her probation again by refusing to wear a monitoring bracelet and was sent back to jail, where she is being held without bail.

Astacio appeared in court Thursday afternoon without an attorney. According to Astacio, she learned about the appearance about one hour before.

On Wednesday, her lawyer Gregory Salmon asked the court to relieve him as Astacio's counsel and the court complied. Salmon was the third round of lawyers to represent Astacio's criminal case since her initial arrest on a driving while intoxicated charge on Feb. 13, 2016.

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According to Astacio, Salmon did not contact her about the Thursday appearance.

Judge Stephen Aronson asked Salmon to attend Thursday's court appearance, but was told he was out of town.

Aronson announced that Salmon requested for relief due to irreconcilable differences. When asked if they would "patch up," Astacio said she was unaware that she and Salmon had irreconcilable differences.

"I don't have any differences," Astacio said, "he no longer wishes to represent me." The court proceeded with Astacio representing herself.

Ontario County Assistant District Attorney Zachary Maurer said Astacio's latest violation alleges that Astacio was not wearing a SCRAM unit, a device that monitors for alcohol consumption.

Court documents allege that Astacio refused to be hooked back up to the device while at the probation office on Monday. She told the probation officer that she would not pay for the device, according to court documents. In court Thursday, she reiterated that said she was willing to wear the electronic monitoring bracelet but would not pay for it.

Astacio said she did not cut off the SCRAM bracelet, but rather it was cut off after she refused to pay.

Citing case law, Astacio said she could not be forced to pay for the system. "I think that is a valid argument," said Maurer, who added that terms of her probation did require her to wear the system.

"It's mind boggling to me that you would refuse to put on the SCRAM bracelet whether you could pay for it or not pay for it," Aronson said.

Handcuffed as she exited the courtroom, Astacio continued to direct comments toward Aronson. "You cannot incarcerate me just because you're able to," Astacio said. "This is the third time you've illegally incarcerated me... You're not able to just make the law."

Astacio is scheduled to return to court at 11 a.m. Monday.

Astacio was convicted of misdemeanor DWI last year and has been accused of violating her probation multiple times.

Last week, Astacio was released from jail due to an oversight in sentencing parameters. Specifically, she was not immediately given terms of her probation when she was sentenced in July.

Counting this week's alleged violation, Astacio is currently facing five probation violations. She has pleaded not guilty to four of those recent probation violations.

She claimed that her refusal to pay for the device is not a violation of probation.

Three allegations accused Astacio of failing to maintain her ankle alcohol-monitoring device and failing to abstain from consuming alcohol or using products that contain alcohol. Another charge alleges that she left Monroe County without permission from her probation officer or filing required paperwork.

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