A York County judge who previously faced up to 30 years in prison on a variety of fraud, tampering and obstruction of justice charges has had his suspension without pay lifted .

There is nothing preventing York County Judge Steven Stambaugh from resuming his judicial duties in the York County Court of Common Pleas following the Dec. 4 order ending his suspension.

The order came three days after District Judge Malachy E. Mannion ordered the indictment against Stambaugh dismissed.

Stambaugh was indicted in 2024 by a federal grand jury on 26 counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud and a count each of witness tampering and obstruction of justice. The indictment accused him of instructing employees in 2020 to collect COVID relief funds to which they were not entitled.

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