Crime

Jail employee charged with assault
Crime, Local News
Oct 09, 2025
SMETHPORT — A McKean County Jail corrections officer has been charged in an alleged physical assault against a person in custody. Zane Hodgdon, 28, is...
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Brooklyn man in McKean Co. Jail
Crime, Local News
Oct 09, 2025
A Brooklyn man is in McKean County Jail on charges of public drunkenness and more after an Oct. 1 incident. Bradford City Police responded to a report...
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Welfare check lands woman in jail
Crime, Local News
Oct 09, 2025
Stephaney Lyn Buchanan, 44, is in McKean County Jail after an incident Sunday in the city. Bradford City Police officers responded to a welfare check ...
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Judge sends Prescott case to court after graphic testimony
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Oct 08, 2025
SMETHPORT — The McKean County Courtroom was silent, except for the quiet weeping of Oakley Hedlund's family at the back of the room. And the occasiona...
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Murder, rape charges bound to court in child’s death
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Oct 07, 2025
All charges against Tyler Prescott for the rape and murder of his son, 2-year-old Oakley Hedlund, have been bound over to McKean County Court. A preli...
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Brookline disturbance leads to arrest
Crime, Local News
Oct 06, 2025
Bradford City Police arrested 18-year-old James “Jimmy” Bunce in connection with a Sept. 27 disturbance at Brookline Court. Officers were dispatched t...
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Buffalo pair arrested after chase
Crime, Local News
Sep 30, 2025
GREAT VALLEY, N.Y. — A pair of Buffalo youths face charges after leading deputies on a pursuit early Saturday, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office...
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Judge to allow some victim testimony in Hvizdzak trial
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 24, 2025
Despite a defense request to the contrary, a federal judge has ruled that some of the victims of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud scheme can testify ab...
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Kane man charged after traffic stop in Bradford
Crime, Local News
Sep 24, 2025
A Kane man is facing a drug charge and was found with an outstanding warrant from Cattaraugus County following a traffic stop Sept. 19 in the City of ...
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Causer seeks input on possible child protective changes
Crime, Local News, PA State News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 18, 2025
The horrific murder of 2-year-old Oakley Hedlund is being mourned by a community, and is also serving as a rallying cry for change. State Rep. Marty C...
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Homicide, rape charges added against Prescott
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 17, 2025
Charges of homicide and rape of a child were added to the case against Tyler Prescott on Wednesday, and his $1 million bail was changed to no bail at ...
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More threats under investigation at Warren school district
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 17, 2025
Three alleged threats made Tuesday and Wednesday at Beaty-Warren Middle School are under investigation by the Warren Police Department. In a press rel...
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Vehicle rolls over man near Kane
Crime, Local News
Sep 16, 2025
KANE — Pennsylvania State Police at Lewis Run are investigating the circumstances of a vehicle rolling over a man outside of Kane on Monday. McKean Co...
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McElhattan waives arraignment in Jefferson Street shooting
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 12, 2025
SMETHPORT — The Bradford man charged with gunning down a woman in her Jefferson Street home earlier this year has waived arraignment in McKean County ...
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Buterbaugh charged in Potter County drug arrests
Crime, Local News
Sep 11, 2025
COUDERSPORT — A Johnsonburg man who served federal time for drug dealing in New York state was nabbed earlier this month in Potter County by the East ...
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Prescott’s hearing moved to October
Crime, Local News
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 11, 2025
The preliminary hearing originally set for Friday for Tyler Prescott has been postponed until next month. Prescott, 32, who has been incarcerated on $...
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