This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on February 21, 2019 A former assistant manager of an Erie Dairy Queen accused by city police of stealing more than $97,000 from the restaurant over two years faces a felony theft charge under an agreement that also requires paying back her ex-employer. Kelsey E. Szparaga, 24, […]

This article was originally published on www.themodernrogue.com by Pauli Poisuo You’ve probably noticed that we here at The Modern Rogue have a bit of a soft spot for stories about criminals who hatch ridiculous plans, deal with them in absurd ways, then ultimately get caught in an embarrassing manner. They’re just so darn cute. It’s like the exact

This article was originally published on www.theledger.com by Kimberly C. Moore on February 15, 2019 LAKELAND — An 11-year-old Lawton Chiles Middle Academy student was arrested Feb. 4 and charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence following a confrontation with school officials and a law enforcement officer. The incident happened after his refusal to

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on February 14, 2019 The Erie County District Attorney’s Office is objecting to a homicide defendant’s request to have additional testing conducted on marijuana he smoked before the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend. The defendant, 24-year-old James M. Gilbert, suggested in a pretrial motion that contaminated marijuana could have

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on February 8, 2019 A late-afternoon shooting that wounded two Chicago men outside of a hotel on Erie’s bayfront on Thursday was a “drug deal gone bad” and led to the seizure of a significant quantity of suspected heroin at the scene, Erie police Deputy Chief Mike

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on February 6, 2019 Prosecutors charge that John P. Grazioli was plotting how to get his new wife, Amanda Grazioli, out of his life in the months before he shot her at their Millcreek Township home. Evidence shown in court Wednesday showed John Grazioli sought out an extramarital

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on February 4, 2019 Jury selection is underway for the trial of a Millcreek Township man accused of fatally shooting his wife in March. John P. Grazioli, 45, faces charges of homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, possession of the instrument of a crime and carrying a firearm

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on January 30, 2019 The Erie County District Attorney’s Office will seek a first-degree murder conviction against a Harborcreek Township man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend while she was working at an east Erie Pizza Hut. The defendant, 48-year-old Luis Rodriguez, would face life in prison

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on January 28, 2018 The calls starting coming more often during the summer of 2018. Marinda Matasowski’s relationship with her boyfriend was deteriorating. The 20-year-old would call her mother when their arguments turned violent. “A lot of times it was a phone call with her crying that

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on January 25, 2019 A homicide defendant accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in August thinks that contaminated marijuana might have caused him to have a psychotic episode in the hours before the killing, according to a new court filing. The defendant, James M. Gilbert, 24, wants