district constituency predecessor successor birth_place party state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
144th part of bucks county jean wilson katharine m. watson philadelphia , pennsylvania republican pennsylvania 18 june 1961 january 5 , 1993 amy schreiber thomas w. druce
 september 25 , 2000 thomas w. druce legislator westminster college
thomas w. druce

thomas w. druce -lrb- born 18 june 1961 -rrb- is a former republican member of the pennsylvania house of representatives .
he represented the 144th legislative district .
he graduated from william tennent high school in 1979 and from westminster college in 1983 .
he was sworn into the pennsylvania house of representatives in 1993 .
in 2000 , he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident in 1999 that killed vietnam war veteran , kenneth r. cains , and served two years in a minimum security prison at laurel highlands .
the forensic investigation of the case was the subject of an episode of `` forensic files '' .
as pointed out in the forensic files episode , mr. druce initially filed a false insurance report , indicating the black jeep leased for him by the pennsylvania taxpayers was damaged when he struck a traffic barrel on the pennsylvania turnpike .
after having the vehicle repaired , druce returned the car to the leasing company , and it was eventually sold .
druce accepted a plea bargain , pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident , evidence tampering and insurance fraud .
in return he avoided a trial , served two years in prison , paid a civil fine to the victim 's family and resigned from his office .
