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Man Accused of Killing State Senator in Crash Back in Jail

Man Accused of Killing State Senator in Crash Back in Jail - Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:40PM EST

Reported by: Eyewitness News
Monday, Jun 1, 2009 @ 09:40pm EST
MONROE COUNTY- A Monroe County man, accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a state senator, last fall is now in jail.

Senator James Rhoades died in that October crash along Route 209 in Monroe County. Police say Thomas Senavitis caused that crash. He had been out on bail.

But prosecutors asked a judge to revoke that bail because he allegedly showed up drunk to court for an unrelated hearing involving his wife.

Witnesses claimed Senavitis didn't appear drunk at the Carbon County Courthouse, but a probation officer said he was legally drunk.