A 70-year-old town justice accused of behaving belligerently toward an ex-girlfriend, including threatening to prosecute her, will step down from the bench at the end of the month.

Gary M. Poole, a Rose Town Court justice in Wayne County, agreed to resign effective July 1 and never to seek or accept judicial office again, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Monday.

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