Suspended Somerset County District Attorney Jeff Thomas has filed a lawsuit against the county for suspending his salary and benefits following his arrest on sexual assault charges last September. In the lawsuit, a Pittsburgh-based law firm alleges that the state’s Constitution protects elected officials from having their pay “increased or diminished” while in office, unless they are impeached or resign.
Authorities say Thomas was accused last September of sexually assaulting a woman inside her Windber-area home.