criminal law

HARRISBURG — St. Marys attorney Christopher Martini has been publicly reprimanded by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The ...

WASHINGTON — On Friday, U.S. Senators Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Ark., introduced legislation to enhance and expand support, protection a...

Over the last decade, the drive to legalize marijuana has been the subject of a significant public relations campaign. Throughout the country, the pus...

Following a nearly year long investigation, a 20-year-old, resident of Waterloo, N.Y., was arraigned in McKean County Court Tuesday on a second degree...

Bradford City Fire Department Chief Eric Taylor confirmed arson as the cause of Monday night’s fire at 69 1/2 Hillside Ave. in the city and that a sta...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Statistics for the opioid epidemic are grim enough: 5,000 fatal drug overdoses a year in Pennsylvania; more than 1 million American...

A Bradford man was jailed following arraignment early Monday for allegedly selling crack cocaine out of his room at the Quality Inn on Elm Street in B...

A Shinglehouse man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly threatening to shoot his neighbor over a property dispute. Stockton Sisson, 77, of Champlin ...

The 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, is seeking the Republican nomination in his bid to be the 47th POTUS. A campaign rally is sched...

Former Bradford City mayoral candidate Paul Berg is in McKean County Jail, charged with his third DUI offense since February. Berg, 70, of Prendergast...

Regarding the commentary in the July 15 edition of The Era, “The Man Who Governs Gov. Shapiro,” that man may be Democratic state Rep. Matt Bradford, b...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — We don’t know what specific charges special counsel Jack Smith will pursue if former President Donald Trump is indicted on allegati...

Mount Jewett driver arrested for assault LEWIS RUN — State police were called to U.S. Routes 6 and 219 on July 18 for a report of a two vehicle accide...

PITTSBURGH — Sentencing is set for October for a Kersey man who pleaded guilty last fall to violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month T...

There’s being fortunate in your enemies, and then there’s having enemies who are helping you take the first step in your political comeback. Donald Tr...

SMETHPORT — Walter “Ghost” Dennis was sent to state prison Thursday in McKean County Court for numerous crimes involving drugs. Dennis, 46, of Bradfor...

A former Bradford and Port Allegany man who was sending nude photos of himself to children on Snapchat was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court t...

Georgia coach Kirby Smart remembers having his head shaved when he was a freshman football player at his alma mater back in the mid-1990s and busing t...

Safely reducing recidivism among people released from prison long has been one of the most difficult questions for the criminal justice system and, es...

Last month, the Michigan House passed Bill 4474 — legislation that would expand the state’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act beyond current protection...