Brother Framed in South Hills Village Theft Case
The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.
More than a month after his first scheduled preliminary hearing, the man accused of stealing a wrench and a watch from the South Hills Village Sears faced district Judge Robert Wyda. In October, the man who police believed to have stolen the $100 worth of goods insisted to the judge that he was not the right suspect, even though he had the same name and personal information given to Sears Loss Prevention employees. The judge and a constable decided to ask one of the employees to text a picture of the suspect arrested, which is kept in the Sears Loss Prevention files. The picture was not of the man standing in front of the judge; it was his brother. Constables eventually arrested Anthony James Thomas Jr. while he was on his way to another …
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Bonnie Gavlak
6:28 pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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