criminal law

A local woman waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Dominic Cercone on allegations she delivered crack cocaine. Melissa S. Wils...

Two Pennsylvania women were charged this week with starting a 2014 house fire in Kane. Karen Louise Hatten, 62, of 734 Alexander St., Apt. 219, Brockw...

KANE — Theft charges have been added to a criminal case against a Mount Jewett woman. Amber Leschner, 27, appeared for a preliminary hearing Monday be...

An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institute-McKean in Lafayette Township pleaded guilty to allegations he assaulted a law enforcement offic...

The criminal justice system can be daunting for those unfamiliar with the system. On Monday, McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaf...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer will hold a seminar at the Bradford Area Public Library from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday. She w...

A Bradford man was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegations that he was trespassing at School Street Elementary School. Alfred E. Caraffa Jr., 46, ...

SMETHPORT — A Hazel Hurst man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court to a jail term for assault allegations. Matthew W. Booth, 36, will serve 6...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail on allegations involving an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Steven John Kirtz, 22, of 124...

SMETHPORT — A former Bradford City police officer who was accused of retail theft this spring has been acquitted of all charges. Shayne L. Miller, 45,...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly trespassing on someone’s property on Aug. 28, and allegedly loitering at night at a different pr...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail on allegations he stole two bicycles from someone who was attending a church wedding. John L. Hallock, 45, of ...

Labor Day to many means the last hurrah of summer. To Kane-based state police, this past Labor Day weekend meant increased enforcement efforts to make...

A Bradford woman is in McKean County Jail, charged with allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy. Emma Graham-Norris, 41, of 21 Park St., Apt. 2, i...

SMETHPORT — Two New York state residents pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court to drug charges. Samuel A. Jackson , 43, of Buffalo, N.Y., and...

A Smethport man has been charged with burglary for allegedly breaking into someone’s home and stealing money. Adam Scott Emerson, 37, of 15 Frey Drive...

A Port Allegany man is in McKean County Jail, charged with allegedly assaulting his girlfriend during a domestic dispute. Adam Karl Lloyd, 37, of 70 P...

SMETHPORT — Four Smethport men were found not guilty at a two-day trial for trespassing allegations, while one of those men was found guilty of provid...

Charges against a Bradford man accused in two separate criminal cases were bound to McKean County Court Wednesday before District Judge Dominic Cercon...

A Bradford woman is asking the state’s highest court to release her from obligations of Megan’s Law after a law change extended her registration requi...