SOMERSET, Pa. – Suspended Somerset County District Lawyer Jeffrey Thomas got a judge’s Ok on Wednesday to work at his father’s Windber auto garage.
That was a person of two position options that Thomas’ protection lawyer, Ryan Tutera, talked over with the court docket following reporting that Thomas “can’t financially fend for himself” or his spouse and children, which incorporates two little ones.
Thomas’ legislation license and shell out have been suspended given that late final 12 months, and he is less than house arrest and digital checking ahead of demo on allegations that he entered a woman’s Windber household in September 2021 and sexually assaulted and strangled her just before she was ready to flee.
Supreme Courtroom-appointed Cambria County Senior Choose Timothy Creany allowed Thomas to do the job at the garage on the condition that he avoids particular “exclusion” zones, such as the alleged sexual assault victim’s home