TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY — Peter LaBuda and Judge Frank LaBuda are brothers, but the relationship is clearly strained. Peter, who was being treated in Orange Regional Medical Center on September 27, has said in a published report Frank intentionally ran him over with an ATV on September 25, a Sunday afternoon.

Peter is quoted in a story in the Times Herald-Record as saying, “When I wouldn’t get out of the way, he hit the throttle… He went full throttle over me and kept going... he dragged me, like six or eight feet.”

Peter was being treated for a broken leg and broken ribs. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene and are investigating, but no charges have been filed. The article suggested there was a difference of opinions about whether Frank should be riding his ATV on Peter’s property.

The two brothers are neighbors, but they belong to different political parties. Frank has run for the office of judge as a Democrat and is doing so again this year, while Peter ran to become supervisor of the Town of Mamakating as a Republican, but was not successful.