This article was originally published on www.nytimes.com by Charlie Savage on Dec. 18, 2018 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a new rule banning bump stocks, the attachments that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire in sustained, rapid bursts and that a gunman used to massacre 58 people and wound hundreds of others at a Las Vegas concert in […]

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on December 17, 2018.  Erie police detectives are interviewing possible witnesses and are looking for evidence including surveillance video in their investigation into a Sunday night shooting that wounded a 23-year-old man. The victim, whose name was not released by police, was taken to UPMC Hamot and was

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on November 13, 2018 Erie police have released a surveillance video photo in an effort to identify a black male wearing a red hooded sweatshirt who made threats, struck one teller and left an item behind after robbing a Northwest Bank branch in west Erie on Thursday

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neill on November 11, 2018 The 25-year marriage of Karen Leclair and her husband, Christopher S. Leclair, was a pairing of a selfless life and a selfish one, Erie County President Judge John J. Trucilla said Tuesday. The selfless life of Karen Leclair ended in the depths of

This article was originally published on www.wired.com by Eric Niiler on November 16, 2018 If you’re a nefarious sort, you might use a commercial drone to smuggle drugs, carry explosives, or to just spy on your neighbors. Drones are appealing to criminals in part because they seem fairly anonymous, flitting through the sky with an invisible digital tether to its owner. But anonymity is

This article was originally published on www.oddee.com on November 12, 2018 1 | Man Robbed at Gunpoint for Turkey, Dispatcher Buys Him Another As Jimmy Mulligan from Bridgeport Connecticut was walking to his friends’ house, an armed man came up and demanded the turkey and stuffing, along with his wallet and plastic bag of goodies. When he called 911,

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Ed Palattella and Madeleine O’Neill on November 20, 2018 An Erie youth football coach was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison on Monday for running a scam in which he prepared 1,015 federal tax returns for clients who had little or no income between 2010 and

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on November 16, 2018 A Millcreek Township woman accused of hitting a man with her vehicle and leaving the accident scene in the township in April 2016 was convicted at trial of the most serious charge filed against her. An Erie County jury found 28-year-old Saveria M.

This post was originally published on GoErie.com on November 14, 2018 Erie police charge that a city woman left children home alone and drove to an area of the city’s east side, where she intentionally struck her boyfriend with her vehicle on Tuesday afternoon. The accused driver, 29-year-old Deshauna M. Hubbart, was arraigned Wednesday morning by Erie 5th

This article was originally published on www.huffingtonpost.com by David Moye on November 7, 2018 An 11-year-old boy in Cleveland is facing charges after taking police on a high-speed chase Sunday night after his mother took away his PlayStation. The boy, whose name was not released by police, stole his mother’s 2013 Dodge Durango around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday after they