criminal law

Christopher J. Johnston, 31, of Bradford, was arraigned Thursday evening before District Judge David R. Engman on allegations that he strangled a woma...

Perhaps you recall the eminent “Judge Starr” of Republican legend and song, a pious Christian avatar of justice and sexual propriety. Back when he was...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for allegations that he sexually assaulted an underage victim while she was w...

The Elk County couple who at one point were facing the death penalty for the 2016 death of their 5-year-old nephew were instead sentenced last week to...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for three separate cases in which he assaulted a woman twice and fashioned a ...

A Kane man was convicted during a jury trial Tuesday on charges of sexual offenses against minors. After a two-day trial, Robert Wayne Hamilton, 68, w...

A Little Genesee, N.Y. man was arraigned Monday before District Judge William Todd on allegations that he fled from an officer who approached him rega...

Police departments across Pennsylvania have a new law to enforce. This law is a little different than most. It is one they will have to enforce agains...

An Olean man was arraigned Wednesday on allegations that he shot an unregistered firearm at a man driving a vehicle near Busty Heart’s Place in Annin ...

There’s no doubt that left-wing culture warriors have done great harm to the Democratic cause. Some of it is mere foolishness. I’ve never forgotten be...

An Eldred man was arraigned Tuesday on allegations of threatening another person with a knife. William Leroy Gray, 44, is charged with terroristic thr...

An additional criminal charge has been added to the case of a Smethport man, who is currently in McKean County Jail on allegations that he raped someo...

A Bradford man was arraigned Monday before District Judge Dominic Cercone on allegations that he strangled a woman while she held a young child. Adam ...

ERIE — A resident of Bradford has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of childre...

MCGRUFF: McGruff the Crime Dog is celebrating his birthday this month. McGruff debuted on ABC Schooled in 1980, a year after Dancer Fitzgerald Sample ...

A Kane man was arraigned Thursday on allegations that he fled from police on two separate occasions. Robert W. Duck, Jr., 42, is charged with flight t...

A Bradford man was jailed Thursday for allegedly attacking his brother with a metal baseball bat at their Pike Street residence. Austin Krouse, 20, of...

A Roulette woman and Erie man are in McKean County Jail after a police search allegedly found several firearms, controlled substances and drug paraphe...

KANE — A Kane man is in McKean County Jail for allegations that he strangled a woman early Saturday morning. Shawn Beimel, 46, was arraigned Saturday ...

Bill Cosby, who is accused of drugging and assaulting dozens of women over many decades, walked out of a maximum-security prison in Pennsylvania on We...