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Apr 05, 2019
Paul Morrisroe’s appeal of his homicide by vehicle conviction is headed to the state Superior Court for consideration. Morrisroe, 42, incarcerated in ...
Crime, Local News, News
Feb 15, 2019
A ruling Thursday in McKean County Court has restored appeal rights to Paul Morrisroe, who is serving a prison sentence for a DUI-related fatal hit-an...
Local News, News
Feb 14, 2018
Appeals in the state Superior Court for Paul Morrisroe, a Marshburg man convicted a year ago of a homicide by motor vehicle while DUI, remain ongoing....
Local News, News, Online Features
Dec 30, 2017
Not guilty. It was the end to a more-than-two-year legal saga — was the shooting of Melvin Bizzarro by his father-in-law Stephen Stidd murder, or was ...
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Aug 08, 2017
McKean County President Judge John Pavlock has written a 77-page statement on why the state Superior Court should deny Paul Morrisroe’s appeal. The ap...
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Jul 11, 2017
The opening salvo of Paul Morrisroe’s appeal to the state Superior Court has been filed, and among the 38 allegations of trial court error was Judge J...
Crime, Local News
May 04, 2017
The legal troubles for Paul Morrisroe didn’t end with his prison sentence for the hit-and-run death of a Cyclone man in 2015. Robert Kinnear of Warren...
Local News, News, Online Features
Mar 23, 2017
Paul Morrisroe, convicted in January of killing Dakota Heinaman in a hit-and-run incident while drunk and high, has filed an appeal of his 7½- to 15-y...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 23, 2017
Nobody wins. That’s something that sticks with me from the nearly two-year trip through the criminal justice system following the case against Paul Mo...
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Feb 23, 2017
SMETHPORT — Paul Morrisroe will be serving 7 ½ to 15 years in state prison after being sentenced Wednesday in McKean County Court for the fatal hit-an...
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Feb 20, 2017
When Paul Morrisroe comes up for sentencing on Wednesday, McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer is asking for the maximum priso...
News, Online Features
Feb 15, 2017
It looks like Paul Morrisroe will be staying in jail until his sentencing next week. The state Superior Court has ruled that the $150,000 bail increas...
Crime, Local News, News, ...
Feb 09, 2017
“Following a verdict of guilt, a defendant has no state or federal constitutional right to bail,” reads a statement from McKean County President Judge...
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Feb 02, 2017
An appeal has been filed in the criminal case against Paul Morrisroe, but not for what one might think. Smethport attorney James P. Miller is appealin...
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Jan 31, 2017
Sentencing has been set for Feb. 22 for Paul Morrisroe, convicted last week by a Venango County jury for the hit-and-run crash that claimed the life o...
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Jan 26, 2017
FRANKLIN — A Venango County jury of five women and seven men will be given the case against Paul Morrisroe this morning. On Wednesday morning, McKean ...
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Jan 25, 2017
FRANKLIN —Both the prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the fatal hit-and-run trial of Paul Morrisroe in Venango County Court in Frankli...
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Jan 24, 2017
FRANKLIN — The fifth day of the criminal case against Paul Morrisroe started Monday with a bit of a surprise — former defense attorney James P. Miller...
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Jan 21, 2017
FRANKLIN — Day four of the homicide by motor vehicle case against Paul Morrisroe was filled with stops and starts, as attorneys for the defense and pr...
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Jan 20, 2017
FRANKLIN — Ten witnesses testified Thursday during the third day of the fatal hit-and-run trial of Paul Morrisroe, and the jury started to see some of...
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June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
