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Tipton convicted of sex-related charges at trial
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 30, 2018
SMETHPORT — A Rixford man was found guilty Tuesday by a McKean County jury of charges relating to the sexual assault of a male juvenile. William J. Ti...
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Bradford woman pleads guilty to meth charges
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Aug 24, 2018
SMETHPORT — A Bradford woman who was accused of making methamphetamine with her boyfriend pleaded guilty on Thursday. Teresa Y. Doner, 45, entered a p...
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Luper serving prison sentence for overdose death
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Aug 17, 2018
SMETHPORT — James A. Luper Jr., 44, will served 3 ¼ to 6 ½ years in state prison for his role in the delivery of butyryl fentanyl to a Bradford man wh...
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Luper to serve nearly 7 years in state prison
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Aug 16, 2018
SMETHPORT — James Luper was sentenced Thursday in McKean County Court for Conspiracy Delivery of a Designer Drug and Involuntary Manslaughter to 39 mo...
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Former Bradford City employee guilty of theft
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Aug 10, 2018
SMETHPORT — Former Bradford City human resources assistant Bonita J. Hillyard pleaded guilty Thursday to allegations she stole nearly $10,000 from the...
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Luper pleads guilty in drug death
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Aug 10, 2018
SMETHPORT — One of three men accused in the drug overdose death of a Bradford man in 2015 has pleaded guilty. James A. Luper Jr., 44, entered the plea...
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Safety concerns mount over 3D-printable guns
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Aug 02, 2018
Is it a good idea to make it possible for anyone to be able to download blueprints for making a 3D-printed gun? “No” is the answer from nine state att...
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Bradford man jailed on meth delivery charges
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Jul 24, 2018
Less than a week after the McKean County Drug Task Force arrested two for a methamphetamine lab in Liberty Township, the agency nabbed another person ...
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McKean County Drug Task Force nabs 2 for meth allegations
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Jul 20, 2018
Two people were jailed Thursday night on allegations they were manufacturing methamphetamine in their Liberty Township home. On Thursday, detectives w...
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McKean County Drug Task Force arrests two
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Jun 27, 2018
The McKean County Drug Task Force arrested two people on Tuesday, one for allegedly purchasing ingredients for methamphetamine and the other for her a...
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No foul play suspected in death
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Jun 12, 2018
Officials do not suspect foul play in the death of a man at 41 Pearl St. Sunday evening. On Monday, District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer ide...
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Eldred man pleads guilty to manufacturing meth
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RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
May 25, 2018
SMETHPORT — An Eldred man pleaded guilty Thursday to allegations that he was operating a methamphetamine lab. James L. Baker II, 22, appeared before P...
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