A Granville judge was officially admonished by the state’s judicial watchdog for inappropriately inserting himself into proceedings before a judge in a nearby town.

Justice Roger Forando of the Granville Town Court and the Granville Village Court in Washington County was given a formal written warning by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Friday. The commission found that the judge made repeated contact with both the judge and the prosecutors handling a case in the town of Argyle, about a half hour away.