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Man jailed on trespass, assault charges
Crime News, Local News
Jun 08, 2026
Jacob John Hudak, 24, was charged by Bradford City Police with felony criminal trespass, misdemeanor simple assault by physical menace and summary har...
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Kane man sentenced in fentanyl overdose death case
Crime News, Local News
Jun 05, 2026
SMETHPORT — A Kane man convicted of delivering fentanyl to another Kane man who died from a fentanyl overdose was sentenced Thursday in McKean County ...
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Police investigating death after creek rescue
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Sara Furlong 
Jun 03, 2026
An individual rescued Friday night from Tunungwant Creek in Bradford has died, and the incident remains under investigation by Bradford City Police. B...
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Man charged after witnesses report gun threat
Crime News, Local News
Jun 01, 2026
City of Bradford Police arrested Cory Chatmon, 27, after officers responded to a report of a suspicious person at 7:02 p.m. May 27 in a neighborhood o...
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Man charged in Main Street domestic assault
Crime News, Local News
May 29, 2026
City of Bradford Police arrested Bryan Scott Parks, 43, after responding to a domestic violence report late May 26. Police were called at about 10:40 ...
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The lessons remain
Crime News, Local News
Artist Jones offers punishment alternative
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
May 20, 2026
When renowned area artist Eric Jones was commissioned by Bradford Brew Station to craft one of his iconic sculptures at its Chestnut Street location, ...
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Jury is out in McElhattan matter
Crime News, Local News
May 19, 2026
A McKean County Common Pleas Court jury began deliberating Monday morning in the trial of Thomas McElhattan, the 43-year-old Bradford man who admits t...
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Testimony underway in McElhattan’s homicide trial
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By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
May 15, 2026
SMETHPORT — As defendant Thomas McElhattan seeks to have a McKean County Court jury find him guilty of a lesser count of criminal homicide, the distri...
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Shane Hvizdzak jailed on alleged new fraud
Crime News, Local News
Sara Furlong 
May 14, 2026
Shane Hvizdzak was jailed Wednesday after a federal judge found he committed new fraud while awaiting sentencing in his cryptocurrency case. U.S. Dist...
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