This article was originally published on The Huffington Post by Nina Golgowski on February 28, 2017. City officials in Hartford, Connecticut, have agreed to pay a family $885,000 to compensate them for a 2006 incident in which police fatally shot their dog in their yard. The decision on Monday by Hartford’s city council ended a lengthy back-and-forth legal battle over […]

This article was originally published on GoErie on February 26, 2017. A Millcreek Township resident was jailed after police discovered a meth lab in a hotel late Saturday. Bethany Fuller, 28, was taken to the Erie County Prison with bond set at $5,000 after being arraigned by District Judge Brian McGowan, according to Millcreek police. Fuller faces

This article was originally published on The Huffington Post by Mary Papenfuss on February 27, 2017. Sex offenders in North Carolina not only have to register with their local communities once they’ve served their time ― they also have to stay off Facebook and other social media sites for 30 years. But the Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments Monday

This article was originally published on The Huffington Post by Lee Moran on February 24, 2017. Police in southwest England uncovered an “enormous” cannabis factory during a midnight raid on a Cold War-era nuclear bunker. Officers discovered thousands of plants worth an estimated $1.2 million inside the Chilmark Regional Government Headquarters’ underground shelter in Wiltshire, on Wednesday night. “There are approximately 20

This article was originally published on GoErie on February 23, 2017. A 25-year-old man was shot once in the abdomen Wednesday afternoon in a parking lot behind the Heads of State Barbershop, 1711, State St., Erie police said. The man was taken to UPMC Hamot for treatment of injuries that are not life threatening, police said. The

This article was originally published on The Huffington Post by David Moye on February 21, 2017. A puppy named Lucky lived up to his name after swallowing heroin while waiting for his owners in a parked truck. Police in Carrollton, Texas, found the 4-month-old Chihuahua mix looking sick inside a truck parked at a Home Depot parking lot on Saturday, according

This article was originally published on GoErie by Madeleine O’Neill on February 21, 2017. An Erie man was sentenced to state prison Tuesday on charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage patient while he was a Millcreek Community Hospital employee. Millcreek Township police said the defendant, Richard O. Clark, 38, was employed in the hospital’s behavioral care unit when

This article was originally published on The Huffington Post by Mary Papenfuss on February 17, 2017. Here’s one more thing you have to worry about: Drones sent by neighbors to spy on you in your home. Police arrested a Utah man with a history of voyeurism and his girlfriend on suspicion of flying a drone was spotted on area

This article was originally published on Huffington Post by David Lohr on February 14, 2017. A Washington state man looking to hire a hitman to kill his wife and preschool daughter mistakenly sent a text message to the wrong person, police said. According to court documents obtained by The Monroe Monitor, Jeffery Lytle, 42, of Monroe, sent the disturbing text

This article was originally published on The Huffington Post by Mary Papenfuss on February 14, 2017. The widow and stepson of a Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader who investigators say was shot in the head as he slept in his bed have been charged over his death. Widow Malissa Ann Ancona, 44, and her 24-year-old son, Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., have