Pennsylvania

Former state AG back in jail for alleged probation violation

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 file photo, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane takes a morning break during the fifth day of her trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Dan Gleiter/ PennLive.com via AP, Poo, Filel)

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who served jail time for leaking grand jury material and lying about it has been taken into custody on an alleged probation violation.

A spokesperson for Montgomery County said Friday that 55-year-old Kathleen Kane is behind bars at the county jail.

Kane was charged with drunken driving following a crash in Scranton last month.

A Montgomery County judge then issued a bench warrant for her arrest.

Kane was on probation from her 2016 conviction for perjury, obstruction and other counts for leaking secret investigative files to embarrass a rival prosecutor.

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