Former Judge Surrenders

Alabama Mobile  BREAKING NEWS Former judge Herman Thomas has turned himself into Mobile Metro Jail three days after he was indicted by a special Grand Jury.
by WKRG Staff
Published: Mon, August 10, 2009 - 11:52 am CST Last Updated: Mon, August 10, 2009 - 3:48 pm CST
BREAKING NEWS

Former judge Herman Thomas has turned himself into Mobile Metro Jail, three days after he was indicted by a special Grand Jury.

The same special Grand Jury that indicted Thomas in March on charges that he sexually abused inmates at Mobile Metro Jail returned an additional 46 counts, involving 7 victims in a report filed Friday morning.

Thomas surrendered around 12:30 p.m. and was released about an hour later on his own recognizance.

Thomas, who retired from the Circuit Court bench in October 2007 amid allegations that he paddled inmates and forced them to perform sexual acts in exchange for leniency, pleaded not guilty earlier this year to 57 counts including kidnapping, extortion and sodomy.

There are now a total of 103 indictments against Thomas, involving 16 victims.

Thomas is scheduled to go to trial on the charges filed in March on October 5th.

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can anyone tell me how this man can be out on bond?  what is the problem.  guess they know they can get away with things.

Don’t guess there is any need to try and check out the annual Perseid meteor shower during the night with all the clouds in the area.

That’s what I was a thinking! Gotta go,it’s lightning and looking nasty up here north of you.Mercy,that last bolt was close!

That month old okra might give the judge some new ideas!  gulp  *ouch*

That didn’t take long,about four hours of time and a bucket or two of sweat.I run across my garden back there again after i got all the grass cut down.It had some of that Bamabob OKRA still growing back there,about a foot and a half long.grin
Bamabob said he didn’t know you were suppose to cut your okra everyday and these must have been about a month old.Looks like they’d make good spear heads.
Those people back dooring you on those taxes Claycity are starting to sound like the judge.grin
P.S. found the cats and cut them a path out of the back yard the first thing.A few pounds lighter but don’t look much worse from all the jungle life.grin

doing the same before it rains. see where our school board has decided to rescind thier request for another penny sales tax, thats good news. they already get a penny and 55% of another penny they collected without voter input. we vote it down and they ifnd a way to back door us,.

Be careful there Carl!  T. Craig will show up on your doorstep with the junk police and a yardstick to measure that grass!  gulp

Alright be good guys,I gotta go cut some grass so I can see where the front door is.Done lost three cats out there somewhere,I can hear them meow but can’t find them yet.I just take a couple handfuls of cat food and broadcast them over the yard,hoping they can find enough to eat until I get the grass mowed down so they can find their way to their dish.

LOL
That’s a mighty thin line you’re walking there BamaBob.Claycity,it sounds like he might have a couple of people in mind for the re-enactment.

thinking of any particular staff memebrs bob? anyone been bad lately?

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