This article was published on goerie.com by Tim Hahn on Feb 16, 2018 An Erie County judge has upheld the county’s jurisdiction in the homicide case against an Elk Creek Township man accused of killing his wife on Lake Erie and denied a request to change the venue of the upcoming trial or to bring in an […]

This article was originally published by Tim Hahn on GoErie.com on Feb 14, 2018 Investigators seized a significant quantity of suspected heroin, along with some suspected cocaine and a stolen handgun, in a drug probe fueled by citizen complaints that led to the search of a west Erie apartment on Tuesday night. Charged in the investigation on

This article was published by Tim Hahn on GoErie.com on Feb 12, 2018 An Erie man accused of seriously injuring another man in a November attack involving a pipe had the criminal charges against him held for court on Monday. Charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, possessing an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering were held for

This article was originally published on GoErie.com on Feb 11, 2018 The mayor of Spartansburg, in Crawford County, is standing by its volunteer fire company’s re-election of a registered sex offender as its fire chief. Chief Roger Gilbert Jr. was convicted in 2001 of sexual intercourse with a 4-year-old girl and is listed in the state’s Megan’s

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on February 7, 2018 An Erie man accused of raping and sexually assaulting a female with intellectual disabilities at an eastside residence was ordered on Wednesday to face trial on all charges in the case. John W. Wright Sr., 42, was held for court on charges including

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on Feb 5, 2018 Authorities have charged an Erie County Prison inmate with making threatening statements toward several prison staff members, including a deputy warden. Allen Bennett, 58, was in prison Monday following his arraignment late Thursday afternoon on misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats and harassment. Erie

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on Feb 5, 2018 Pennsylvania State Police troopers who shot at a 71-year-old Summit Township man after troopers said the man fired an assault rifle at them in early January were justified in their use of deadly force, Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri announced Monday. Anthony

This article was originally published on goerie.com on Feb 1, 2018  Erie police were searching for a suspect in a late-morning shooting on the city’s east side Thursday. No one was reported injured in the shooting, which was reported in the area of East 25th and Parade streets shortly after 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Officers were called to

This article was originally published on GoErie.com on Jan 30, 2018 CLEVELAND — The family of a Cleveland retiree whose shooting death was recorded and shared on Facebook is suing the social media company for failing to notify authorities about threats posted by the shooter. The wrongful death lawsuit filed over the April slaying of Robert Godwin

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on Jan 26, 2018 The lawyer for Russell, Eric Hackwelder, said in an interview that the prosecution witness was Eugene Husband, and that Husband was “allegedly going to testify” that Russell and Jones were in the SUV whose occupants, according to the Erie police, fired the fatal