criminal law

SMETHPORT — A Gowanda, N.Y., man pleaded guilty Friday in McKean County Court to prostitution and related charges for an incident in the parking lot o...

The former Bradford City police officer fired after theft charges were lodged against him has filed a civil rights complaint against the city, Mayor T...

Kane-based state police announced Thursday that they investigated two assaults this week at McKean County Jail. Police provided the information in two...

The second woman facing arson charges for a fire in a Kane residence in 2014 has been scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week. According to cour...

Two Kane women are in McKean County Jail, charged with a complicated scheme to allegedly obtain prescription drugs for a former nurse who told police ...

The Bradford man accused of attempting to rob the Choice store at knifepoint last Saturday waived a hearing in McKean County Central Court on Thursday...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to a term in McKean County Jail for charges of forgery and theft by unlawful ...

Two Bradford residents were nabbed by the McKean County Drug Task Force for alleged involvement in the sale of crack cocaine in the city. Tarence Brow...

A man who formerly served as a basketball coach and pastor in Kane is currently facing allegations that he stole money from Beaver County Church. Rodn...

HARRISBURG — The state’s highest court has denied an appeal by a Bradford man serving a sentence of 45 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl....

ST. MARY — Sixty criminal counts have been filed against a St. Marys man accused of having indecent contact with a child. Steven John Troha, 57, was a...

ERIE — An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at McKean in Lafayette Township pleaded guilty in federal court to fraud and identity theft a...

The Elk County couple charged in the 2015 death of their 5-year-old nephew are asking a judge to bar the prosecution from seeking the death penalty in...

COUDERSPORT — Two Coudersport-area residents who were found dead early Sunday morning died in a murder-suicide, officials announced. Coudersport-based...

A Bradford man has been charged with strangulation, among other charges, for an alleged assault early Sunday morning. Darrell Daymar Carter, 60, of 15...

ERIE — A Bradford man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in a case that involved the theft of tens of thousands of dollars from Minich Electric wh...

A Bradford man was arrested on allegations that he tried to rob the Choice store in Bradford at knifepoint on Saturday. Bradford City Police indicated...

A Bradford man was jailed late Wednesday for allegedly stalking a woman at various times in August and September. Stephen Hale, 60, of 56 Pratt Hollow...

SHINGLEHOUSE — A Shinglehouse man waived a preliminary hearing this week on allegations that he raped a woman. John Wesley Post Jr., 18, of 30 Pinney ...

A West Virginia man has been acquitted of allegations of rape after a three-day trial in McKean County Court. Juan Luis Hernandez-Cruz, 32, of Morgant...