A Circuit Court Judge for the 30th Circuit in Virginia has vacated his seat following a tale of a 2009 car crash following a night of video games with a former defendant who had appeared before him in court.

TriCities.com carries the story of Circuit Judge Joseph Carico (pictured behind the bench) who crashed his SUV into a tree on November 21, 2009. Passenger Jeremy Hubbard was hurt in the crash, which happened after a night playing Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 and sports games on the Wii, the Judge’s “preferred gaming system,” according to Hubbard.

Hubbard’s and Carico’s paths had crossed in court as a result of a drug case against the former, in which the latter “had signed multiple orders revoking Hubbard’s bond and jailing him on the drug conviction and on a larceny case.” Carico also “signed three separate orders sentencing Hubbard to community service.”

Hubbard claimed that in 2008 Carico “happened” to stop into a Bonanza restaurant he was working in and the two started talking about games. “We just started talking about video games and he started talking about the X-Box 360,” Hubbard said.

The two “had many” videogame matches following their original meeting, and “At one point, they even considered forming a competition team that was to include some of Hubbard’s neighbors.”

The two have reportedly “lost touch” following the accident.

A notice on Virginia Lawyers Weekly states that Carico will not be sitting on the bench “until further notice.”