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A Pennsylvania judge ordered the commonwealth's former attorney general to report to prison by 9 a.m. Thursday, more than two years after she was convicted for leaking grand jury information and lying about it.Democrat Kathleen Kane, 52, had been free on $75,000 bail while she appealed her 10-to-23-month sentence. The state Supreme Court announced Monday that it had declined to take up her case."Given that the rationale for (the) defendant remaining at liberty pending appeal has expired, post-sentence bail is revoked,†Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy write in ordering Kane to report to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. Demchick-Alloy formally directed the Lackawanna County sheriff to serve a copy of her order on Kane, who lives in Scranton.Kane’s lawyer, Joshua Lock, has not responded to multiple messages seeking comment.
Former Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane arrested for DUIAngela Couloumbis | Spotlight Pa And Craig R. McCoy The InquirerMonday, March 14, 2022 2:00 p.m. HARRISBURG — Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was arrested Saturday in her hometown of Scranton for driving under the influence of alcohol, police there said Monday.Kane, 55, was released on “general impairment DUI charges” following a two-car crash, Scranton Police Chief Thomas Carroll said. Formal charges will be filed this week, he said.There were no reported injuries from the crash, which Carroll said occurred around 6:30 p.m. ...Kane, the first Democrat and first woman to be elected attorney general, served as Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor from 2013 to 2016, when she resigned in the final year of a tumultuous first term after she was convicted of perjury, official oppression and other crimes.It was not immediately known Monday whether the pending charges will affect the status of Kane’s probation stemming from her earlier convictions. ...
