criminal law

Bradford woman jailed for alleged use of fake money A Bradford woman will face a preliminary hearing Jan. 15 for allegedly using fake money in an atte...

Retired Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit that claims he covered up clergy sexual abuse when he was a...

A former Bradford man accused of sexually assaulting children in McKean and Elk counties will serve a lengthy prison sentence. Michael A. Chittester, ...

SMETHPORT — A Buffalo, N.Y., woman accused of drug deliveries and an assault pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court to charges in three cases....

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man pleaded guilty Thursday in McKean County Court for making threats to put a bomb in Bradford’s Veterans Square. Keven W. Cur...

A Mount Jewett man who faces numerous drug charges after a traffic stop in November waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Richa...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail after he allegedly broke into someone else’s home after he had been physically removed from it for causing dam...

SMETHPORT — A Smethport man has been convicted of stealing money from his former employer. After a one-day jury trial, Dustin T. Jacoby, 33, was found...

A homeless man from Bradford is in McKean County Jail for charges including running from police, resisting arrest even after being tased twice and pos...

A Ludlow is facing allegations that he threatened to kill his parents with a metal baseball bat. Michael A. Snyder, 31, of 7 Hillside Ave., Ludlow, wa...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman was found guilty of allegations she whipped a 6-year-old with a belt. Contessa N. Haun, 32, appeared for a jury trial Dec...

A Coudersport man is in Potter County Jail for allegations that law enforcement officials seized child pornography from his home. David C. Haubrick, 5...

A Waynesburg man is in McKean County Jail after he allegedly threatened to “shoot up” Busty Heart’s Place, then led state police on a high-speed chase...

A California man is in McKean County Jail after he allegedly started his sock on fire on a moving bus on U.S. Route 219 because he believed he was bei...

SMETHPORT — A Westline woman was convicted of all but one of the charges against her in a trespassing incident in August 2016. Holli A. Hull, 47, of W...

SMETHPORT — A Port Allegany man will be serving 6 to 12 years in state prison for gun and drug charges. Donald F. Green Jr. , 59, was sentenced Thursd...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — School bullying is frequently and loudly condemned, but it isn’t a crime in Pennsylvania. A bill recently introduced by a Republica...

A former Annin Township resident was arrested Thursday on arson charges for allegedly setting fire to a residence from where he was being evicted in J...

An Elk County man was sentenced earlier this month to 20 to 40 years in state prison for abusing a young girl starting back in 2001. In August, a jury...

Warren man jailed for alleged theft KANE — A Warren man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly taking money but not performing work on a Hamilton Town...