criminal law

DIMOCK — Meeting with a man whose well water has been polluted for years, officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office asked him whether he...

SMETHPORT — A Jamestown, N.Y, man was found guilty after a jury trial Monday in McKean County Court for having indecent contact with a female at the U...

HARRISBURG — A Philadelphia ordinance that requires gun owners to tell police when a firearm has been lost or stolen was ruled illegal Monday by a sta...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — It’s probably just a matter of time before Pennsylvania becomes the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. What o...

A Bradford man out on bail for child pornography charges was nabbed again Wednesday for downloading more child pornography, this time on a deceased re...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A Vietnam veteran from McKean County who joined the pro-Trump rioters with a friend to storm the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A school superintendent with three DUI arrests on his resume has a new top job after a divided Allegheny County school board voted ...

District Attorney Stephanie L. Vettenburg-Shaffer reported Friday that, following a sentencing hearing at the McKean County Courthouse on Thursday, Ma...

KERSEY — Three people in Elk County face felony charges in connection with a 29-year-old man’s drug overdose death in October. Tricia Ann Joshnick, 32...

BUFFALO (AP) — A Western New York couple have been charged with a felony for allegedly using falsified vaccination cards at the Buffalo Bills playoff ...

Police abuse of power often involves not only the abuser but also those who enable the abuse through inaction and silence. They are virtually never pr...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — With Philadelphia on pace to break last year’s record murder rate, two state lawmakers are pushing legislation to permanently grant...

BUFFALO MAN JAILED FOR POSSESSING GUN A Buffalo, N.Y., man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly having a gun when a prior conviction prohibits him f...

Bad things happen to good people. This is something you know, but why you? When the worst can happen, why does it? Were you were born under unlucky st...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A Jamaican immigrant was shot to death at a rural Pennsylvania cabin last month in an incident his family is describing as a “moder...

ERIE — A Bradford man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to a charge of attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor. Todd E. Burton, 39, pl...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The former president of a small Beaver County credit union who embezzled more than $2 million and used it on all manner of purchase...

PHILADELPHIA — Three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons in the direction of a cr...

Port A man jailed for alleged assault A Port Allegany man was sent to jail following an arraignment for alleged strangulation Thursday night. Kelli Ja...

STATE COLLEGE (TNS) — Despite a court clearing a Penn State assistant professor of wrongdoing after tussling with an anti-vaxx student last August, Pe...