criminal law

Altoona pair jailed after traffic stop SMETHPORT — An Altoona pair were sent to McKean County Jail following a Monday traffic stop in Lewis Run where ...

It’s been eight years of profane signs, noise complaints, harassment allegations and neighborhood disturbances involving retired Bradford school teach...

Whenever the government produces a large amount of money in the wake of a natural disaster or other emergency, it’s not unusual for federal prosecutor...

LEWIS RUN — A Mount Jewett man was arraigned Friday by on-call District Judge Rich Luther on allegations that he failed to comply with registration re...

In the wake of recent inner-city crime waves, including Philadelphia’s record-setting homicide rates the last few years, Pennsylvanians were treated t...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 40-year-old man with a rifle, a pistol, extra magazines, a police scanner and a bulletproof vest fatally shot four men in a Phil...

SMETHPORT — A woman whose April, 2022, car crash in Keating Township injured everyone in her car was sentenced in McKean County Court to serve time in...

The NFL is finalizing disciplinary action against more players for gambling violations, including Indianapolis Colts defensive back Isaiah Rodgers Sr....

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — A few years ago, Dr. Will Elenchin, associate professor of sociology and criminology at St. Bonaventure University, was grante...

SMETHPORT — Charges from the May raid of an Eldred home seeking a fugitive from justice were bound to court Monday against Timothy Bottorf. Bottorf, 4...

KANE — More than 440 charges of child pornography against a Kane man were bound over to McKean County Court at a preliminary hearing held Monday befor...

ERIE — The federal tax evasion case against Smethport man Brian Gustafson, filed in 2020, remains ongoing in federal court in Erie, and his most recen...

HARRISBURG — It’s hard to turn on the news without seeing stories about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. Rapid advances in AI technol...

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, probably dodged a jail cell when he pleaded guilty this week to two tax charges. He also agreed to enter a p...

There are a lot of questions surrounding the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, which alleges that after leaving the White House, Tr...

A “slap on the wrist,” is what House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer says of Hunter Biden’s plea deal over two misdemeanor counts of failing to ...

Former Smethport attorney James P. Miller has been suspended from the practice of law for two years for allegedly neglecting around 50 clients in Erie...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man accused of threatening mass violence at a parade last weekend celebrating the Vegas Golden Knights victory in the NHL Stanley C...

KANE — A Port Allegany man was jailed following an arraignment early Wednesday for allegedly threatening to shoot his son. Roy Nickerson Jr., 46, of L...

KANE — An Eldred man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly attacking another man and slicing him with a knife. Andrew Baker, 32, of 179 Main St., is ...