Crime News

HARRISBURG — Four people have been charged with neglecting a care-dependent resident who was later found dead at Hickory Creek Home Care in Warren Cou...

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LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP — Two Bradford men are among 11 defendants facing charges following a state police investigation into alleged prostitution at a for...

HARRISBURG — The state Supreme Court recently denied the Allegheny County district attorney's request to extend a stay on a ruling that declared uncon...

SMETHPORT — A 43-year-old Bradford man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the June 7, 2025, shooting death of 21-year-old Rebecca Haynes ...

A 27-year-old man faces counts of receiving stolen property, theft and evading arrest or detention as well as other charges stemming from an incident ...

State police are investigating an apparent scamming incident in which a 65-year-old Lewis Run woman lost approximately $30,000 due to fraud. Troopers ...

JOHNSTOWN — Two Clearfield men have been sentenced to life in federal prison for their roles in a 2019 bombing that killed 34‑year‑old Shanna “Shawna”...

HARRISBURG — Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Cris Dush, R-25, to help the Pennsylvania attorney general and law enforcement more effectively targe...

Christopher Colts was arrested Saturday on charges related to an incident in which he allegedly triggered a fire alarm at the High Rise apartment buil...

SMETHPORT — A man was sentenced to eight to 23½ months on a burglary charge for entering a Bradford residence without permission, District Attorney St...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman was sentenced Thursday for felony drug and financial crimes during a hearing at the courthouse, District Attorney Stephan...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced to 16 to 79 months in state prison for assaulting two City of Bradford police officers and a corrections offi...

SMETHPORT — A former Bradford man was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 78 months in state prison on charges stemming from several cases, District Attorney ...

SMETHPORT — A Buffalo, N.Y., man was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the McKean County Drug Task Force, District Attorney Stephanie Ve...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer is joining statewide calls for legislative action before a Pennsylvania Supreme Court rul...

HARRISBURG — A Kane woman who admitted to having sexual relationships with inmates while working as a corrections officer at SCI Forest and participat...

A 44-year-old woman is facing felony arson charges after allegedly setting a fire inside a holding cell at the Bradford City Police Department. Accord...

A New York man is jailed in Potter County after allegedly leading Pennsylvania State Police on a 20-mile pursuit that ended with a trooper breaking hi...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman is in McKean County Jail following an arrest by the McKean County Drug Task Force for allegedly delivering methamphetamin...