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This article was originally published on GoErie.com on July 20, 2017 An Erie man accused of throwing bleach in a woman’s face during a confrontation in mid-May is facing trial after the charges filed against him were held for court Wednesday afternoon. Erie 5th Ward District Judge Paul Bizzarro ordered 54-year-old Willie E. Lucas to face trial […]

This article was originally published on GoErie.com on July 18, 2017  A judge delivered a state prison sentence Tuesday for a Girard man who pleaded guilty to operating methamphetamine-making labs on two occasions. The defendant, 31-year-old William J. Lahnan, received 15 to 30 months in state prison, followed by five years of probation, from Erie County Judge

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on July 18, 2017  EDINBORO — Borough police have charged a former Edinboro University of Pennsylvania student with homicide in the death of one of two fellow students he was accused of shooting in a drug deal gone awry at an off-campus apartment in 2015. Devin L.

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Madeleine O’Neil on July 17, 2017  The drugs were found when police executed a search warrant at the defendant’s residence in January. An Erie man received up to 14½ years in state prison Monday for possessing drugs and a gun that police recovered during a search of his residence.

This article was originally published on erienewsnow.com by Eric Levenson on July 14, 2017 (CNN) — Two men were charged Friday with criminal homicide and a bevy of other crimes in connection with the deaths of four young men who went missing last week in suburban Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County District Attorney and the state

This article was originally published on GoErie.com on July 13, 2017 An Erie homicide defendant who was 17 when he was charged as an adult in a fatal August shooting has waived his right to seek transfer into juvenile court. Jaquel S. Tirado, 18, agreed to waive his right on advice from his court-appointed lawyer, Nathaniel Strasser,

This article was originally published on GoErie.com by Tim Hahn on July 11, 2017  A 19-year-old Erie man killed by gunfire in an eastside neighborhood on June 19 died of suicide, Erie police said Tuesday. The ruling on the death of Tyrique Tate, which was initially listed as a homicide following Tate’s June 21 autopsy, was changed

This article was updated on goerie.com on July 10, 2017 by Tim Hahn.  Something caused a sport-utility vehicle occupied by three older Erie men to speed down West 12th Street, travel through a red light at Cherry Street and slam into the side of a truck trailer Friday afternoon, killing the occupants and leaving behind a horrific

This article was originally published on abcnews.go.com on July 7, 2017 by Meg Kinnard.  A South Carolina inmate broke out of a maximum-security prison using wire cutters apparently flown in by drone, officials said Friday, describing a new and devilishly hard-to-stop means of escape. Convicted kidnapper Jimmy Causey, 46, was recaptured at a Texas motel before daybreak, more than

This article was originally published on washingtonpost.com by Fiona Tapp on July 27, 2017 Although parents who are divorcing can rest in knowing children can recover from their parents’ divorce, it remains a potentially traumatic event for children. Parents know this, and so, of course, they will seek to minimize the effects of the breakdown of their marriage on