Ex-Northampton Supervisor's Law License Suspended

NORTHAMPTON, PA — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has temporarily suspended the law license of a former Northampton supervisor facing trial on sex-crime charges.

The state's high court issued the ruling, against Larry Weinstein, on Thursday.

Weinstein, of Richboro, is set to face trial in October on charges that include claims he and his girlfriend, Kelly Drucker, of Holland, got a woman drunk in order to take photographs of her while she was unconscious.

According to prosecutors, Weinstein and Drucker began what they called their "mission" in October 2017. Text messages show the couple plotting to spike their victim's drink with high-proof alcohol as a ploy to get her back to Drucker's house, where a webcam had been placed in the bathroom.

On Nov. 10, 2017, prosecutors say Drucker and the victim had dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Weinstein, who was not there, stayed in contact with Drucker via text messages throughout the evening, coaching her on how to convince the woman to come home with her, prosecutors say.

Weinstein allegedly instructed Drucker once she got the woman home to ask her sexual questions and keep making her drink alcohol. The victim told investigators she recalled going to dinner and that her wine "didn't taste right." She said she did not remember anything after commenting on the wine.

Eventually, the woman got sick and passed out in a bathroom. Prosecutors say Weinstein then instructed Drucker to put on a pair of spy glasses and take photos.

During their investigation, detectives say they found photos of the victim taken while she was in the bathroom at Drucker's home. The investigation began in August after they say a man found illicit messages on a phone that once belonged to Drucker.

Weinstein also is charged in a 2012 incident that investigators say they discovered while investigating the case.

Weinstein, a Republican, stepped down from Northampton's five-member board of supervisors the month before he was charged, citing personal reasons.