Former Judge Accused Of Padding Prisoners Arrested

Alabama Mobile BREAKING NEWS Herman Thomas is charged with kidnapping sodomy extortion and ethics violations. Read the grand jury indictment

by Jamie Burch

Published: Fri, March 27, 2009 - 12:49 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, March 27, 2009 - 3:31 pm CST

BREAKING NEWS

4:31 p.m.
Click here to read the 57 count indictment against Herman Thomas.

3:58 p.m.
The grand jury indicted Thomas on 57 counts including kidnapping, sodomy, extortion and ethics violations.

3:10 p.m.
D.A. John Tyson says Herman Thomas' attorney Bob Clark is not under arrest. They resolved their differences.

2:35 p.m.
Herman Thomas' attorney was arrested after he showed up at District Attorney John Tyson's news conference and refused to leave.

2:20 p.m.
An investigator with the DA's office took Herman Thomas into custody shortly after 2:00 p.m. Thomas was holding a news conference at Mobile Metro Jail about the grand jury indictment which was handed down today.

Thomas' attorney, Bob Clark, said the DA's investigation is racially motivated, calling it "a high tech lynching."

We'll have more details about the indictment after District Attorney John Tyson's news conference at 2:30 p.m

1:49 p.m.
Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson will announce at a 2:30 news conference whether or not a grand jury has indicted Herman Thomas.

Thomas resigned from the bench in October 2007 amid allegations that he manipulated a jail sentence for his cousin, swapped cases on other judges dockets, and paddled prisoners from Mobile Metro Jail.

The DA's office, as well as several other agencies, investigated Thomas' conduct during his tenure as a judge in Mobile County and turned the case over to a grand jury.

Thomas and his attorney Bob Clarke are holding a news conference at 2:00 p.m. at the Mobile Metro Jail.

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Monkeys Uncle Says:

Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:17 am

Oops, scroll down beyond the first 7 counts and the plot thickens. Thomas was indicted based upon review of EVIDENCE by a Grand Jury. He will get his day in court and the evidence will determine his guilt or innocence.

ickthus Says:

Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:42 am

PeeWee Herman and Cowboy Bobs play house is coming to a court house near you!?! the word of the day is P.B. , and i don’t think that is peanut butter. if you guess the word of the day , you get a carton of newports and spend the day with PeeWee at his new play house “The Big House”

rosepetal Says:

Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:43 pm

lol at bamabob.

ickthus Says:

Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:16 pm

where have you been? (1)Tyson. need i say more? (2) deal was made that if he stepped down and go away this would go away. (3)Thomas made a complaint to the State Supreme Court. Tyson has to summit all finding to be reviewed and BAM!! 57 counts. Who would have guessed? if you look back @ the post about Judge Johnston, you will see where i posted what was coming down on this nut job. now if we could just get the same thing done about the rip off at Faulker State or the Prencapal that stole 65k and only got probation.