Totally off topic - whatever happened to Thomas Druce

[malaise]

I was looking for something in those delightful DU top ten conservative Idiots from May 2004 and ran into his name at #5. I remember that scandalous hit and run accident. What's that once 'rising star' of Pennsylvania Rethugs up to these days.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/04/155.html

Former Republican state Rep. Thomas Druce, of Bucks County, PA, was in more than a spot of hot water last week - he ended up in jail for two years. Five years ago Druce ran down and killed a man while driving through Harrisburg. But rather than report the incident to the police, he decided to immediately drive to an out-of-town body shop and pay $3000 out of his own pocket for the repairs before turning the car in early on its lease and driving away in a new vehicle. After an anonymous tipster fingered Druce, he told police that he'd hit a stop sign and his insurance company that he'd hit a barrel on the turnpike. Which worked out great, until police discovered the bumper of his old car at the body shop, still crusted with blood and hair. Druce managed to strike a deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to two to four years in prison. But after two months, he was freed on bail and allowed home - with an ankle monitor - while he appealed his sentence. During this time he worked as a political consultant and - believe it or not - was allowed to keep his driver's license. He was frequently seen "strutting around the Capitol like he owns the place" according to other lawmakers. But there is a happy ending to this story - Druce was finally sent back to prison to complete his sentence last week. He actually tried to claim that he "should be given credit for time spent sleeping in his Bucks County home," according to Philly.com, but the judge said that that would be "patently ludicrous." Ah, can't you just smell that conservative personal responsibility cutting through the afternoon air like a turd-encrusted samurai sword?

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1. "...Mr. Tom voted for a bill that imposed a mandatory 1 year prison sentence for anyone leaving

the scene of a Vehicular Homicide."

http://membrane.com/buylow/think/articles/tomdruce.htm

[malaise]

2. Typical Rethug

He's been out of jail for two years. Is he involved in the McWar campaign or anything local? What's he up to these days?