criminal law

Charges in the seven-year-old case alleging Coudersport attorney Jarett Smith bought an infant for his brother to adopt have been withdrawn — seemingl...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman accused of causing serious injuries to another woman during an assault pleaded guilty on Thursday in McKean County Court....

COUDERSPORT — The Potter County Commissioners on Thursday authorized beginning the process to rename a Coudersport bridge, approved the continuation o...

SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to handling tens of thousands of dollars in stolen items will serve an additional...

Two Shinglehouse residents have been charged in connection with the severe burning of an infant boy last July. Shannon Terrette, 27, of East Honeoye S...

Drug charges against a local man stemming from three alleged crack cocaine deliveries in Bradford were bound to McKean County Court on Wednesday. Ryan...

A Duke Center man accused of deceptive business practices was found guilty of several charges after a two-day trial in McKean County Court. On Wednesd...

A Bradford man accused of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl was arraigned Wednesday afternoon before District Judge Dominic Cercone. D...

The city of Chicago is conducting a long, bloody experiment in what happens to a gang-ridden municipality in the absence of effective policing. It is ...

A pair of local brothers are scheduled to appear in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., in March for a status conference on federal drug charges against t...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — As convicted murderer Dylann Roof prepares to defend himself in the sentencing phase of his trial, a clearer understanding of his m...

A Philadelphia man is facing allegations he was selling marijuana on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, allegedly telling police ...

SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man is in McKean County Jail in Smethport for allegedly using someone else’s credit card and another person’s personal che...

Seldom has a top story of the year for The Era impacted as many people as the one for 2016 has — the opioid epidemic. Lives have been lost, families h...

LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — Two Steamburg men have been arrested for allegedly possessing seven pounds of marijuana when a search warrant was served at thei...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man who is also facing federal drug charges was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for a prior county case. Nineteen-yea...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man who assisted in the Oct. 8 robbery of the Bradford Coin Shop will serve a state prison term. Michael J. Kelly, 31, was one ...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man who ran a woman over with his vehicle in a bar parking lot will serve time in state prison. Jonathon L. Yeager, 33, was sen...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for a Megan’s Law violation. Donald E. Saltsgiver , 46, will serve 18 months ...

RIDGWAY – The Elk County Commissioners adopted a 2017 budget on Wednesday that includes a tax increase of 1.5 mills. Overall, the tax increase will co...