Woman accused of violating terms of probation
For the second time, authorities have alleged a Uniontown woman who pleaded guilty to a crash that killed her 2-year-old daughter has violated the terms of her release. John Warman, a Fayette County adult probation officer, alleged that Lynn Thomas, 39, falsified the records for her court-ordered community service. He alleged she claimed to have completed 73 hours of her required 120 hours, but had only completed two hours. Thomas, 39, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle in a Dec. 9, 2006, crash that killed her daughter, Kylie Renee Thomas.
Police determined Thomas was driving 74 mph in a 25-mph zone on Morgantown Street in Uniontown around 1:30 a.m. Authorities alleged she ran a red light at the intersection of Fayette Street, and hit two planters and a utility pole.
Police said she had taken her daughter out of bed to pick up her boyfriend.
She was initially sentenced to four years of intermediate punishment and six months of house arrest after pleading guilty in her daughter’s death. However, in July 2008, Judge Steve P. Leskinen determined she violated the conditions of her house arrest and sentenced her to eight to 23 months in the county lockup, plus an additional 25 months of probation.
As part of that sentence, she was ordered to perform 120 hours within 240 days after she was paroled on Oct. 10, 2008.
In the violation report, Warman alleged that the manager of Fayette Friends of Animals notified the officer who coordinates community service that, while Thomas claimed to have completed 73 hours of community service, she had only done two hours.
Warman indicated that during a monthly check-in on June 5, Thomas lied, and told him she only had 40 hours more of service work to complete.
If Leskinen determines Thomas violated that probation, he can re-sentence her. The maximum sentence for homicide by vehicle is seven years in prison.
In violation of her intermediate punishment from last year, Warman found that Thomas lied when she said she was working at a dental office. He also indicated that she missed curfews that were part of her house arrest.