Court clerks in ripoff bust

TWO Manhattan Supreme Court clerks face charges after making litigants pay for access to free documents, a court spokesman said Monday.

Triston Baptiste, 34, and David Washington, 48, were arrested Thursday on official misconduct charges, said Lucian Chalfen of the Office of Court Administration.

“They were basically charging litigants for certain paperwork, things that should have been free,” Chalfen said.