Pittsburgh man arrested for skipping a court date and other charges in Florida returned to Allegheny County

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Verona man wanted for missing his court date after being released on non-monetary bail for allegedly leading Pennsylvania State Police on a high-speed chase has been named Brought back to Allegheny County.

According to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin M. Kraus announced that 37-year-old Hermas Craddock was returned to Allegheny County on Friday after being taken into custody by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

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Craddock had fled to North Carolina and then Florida after missing a court date on more than a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges related to a high-speed chase.

He was placed on non-cash bail despite having previously been arrested on gun possession charges.

Meanwhile, Xander Orenstein, the judge who released Craddock on a non-monetary bond, was removed from office indefinitely by the Allegheny County judge president. This happened due to resistance from law enforcement when Orenstein let two suspected criminals go with non-monetary bonds and both skipped court dates.

Craddock was processed at the Allegheny County Jail and is awaiting a preliminary hearing.