Suspended Somerset DA Has Bond Revoked

May 1, 2022 4:13 am

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) -Suspended Somerset County District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas was in court Friday for a bond revocation hearing. A judge decided he will be kept under house arrest until his trial, rather than going to jail. The judge said he had to consider 3 things: if there was a bond violation, if there was a danger and if he had any contact with witnesses. The judge determined prosecutors met their proof, but did not order Thomas to jail. ”If they proved their allegations at this level, that’s appropriate. I think, what would’ve been inappropriate would be for him to be fully incarcerated in the Somerset County Jail,” Thomas’ defense attorney, Ryan Tutera said. The AG’s office said Thomas’ behavior is why they were there Friday. They told the judge they believe Thomas is a dangerous person who cannot be trusted with his freedom. The judge agreed that he felt Thomas violated his bond, but instead of incarceration, he ordered him to live with his parents under electronic monitoring and GPS tracking. Thomas was just hit with two new and wholly separate cases this week. One is stemming from an alleged assault in May of last year where Thomas is accused of punching his wife in the head multiple times while she was on a FaceTime call with someone. She testified Friday that she did not even know about the charges until Thomas was being arraigned. A few weeks ago, Windber Police said Thomas chased down a commonwealth witness, and friend of the sexual assault victim, with his truck and allegedly deliberately rammed his truck into the witness’ vehicle. Thomas is expected to go to trial in September for the initial sexual assault charges that led to all of this fallout. If Thomas violates any of these conditions, he will immediately be sent to jail.