Lawyer Suspended For Gas Station Robbery

We posted a report the other day about an attorney who was convicted of robbing three banks.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended a member of its bar as a result of a conviction for robbing a gas station.

Steve Marroni reports

An attorney who pleaded guilty to robbing a Lebanon County gas station will be temporarily suspended from practicing law in Pennsylvania.

The temporary suspension from the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for Kathy L. Yeatter, 51, whose office is located in Rexmont, was issued Wednesday, several months after she was convicted in Lebanon County Court of one count of robbery.

Yeatter was charged in the Nov. 12, 2013 robbery of the Sunoco A-Plus Market on Route 72 in West Cornwall Township. Police said Yeatter stole an undetermined amount of cash from the gas station.

An officer responding to the Sunoco passed Yeatter’s Volvo on Route 419 and arrested her without incident, police said.

Court records indicate Yeatter pleaded guilty to one third-degree felony count of robbery on March 27. She was sentenced May 21 to 23 months in the Lebanon County Intermediate Punishment Program, which includes 26 days of credit for time served and credit for inpatient treatment. The rest of her sentence will be served on probation with continued treatment and random drug and alcohol testing, according to court records.

Yeatter’s suspension is effective Jan. 9. According to the disciplinary board, a petition for discipline will likely be filed against her, as well, which could result in further suspension or disbarment.

(Mike Frisch)