Erie County News

Police and prosecutors have long been grappling with uncooperative witnesses and victims, whose failure to appear or recantations of earlier testimony hamstrings criminal prosecutions.

A northwestern Pennsylvania man will spend life in prison for fatally beating his crack cocaine supplier with a baseball bat, after the dealer took $500 - nearly all of the defendant's pay check - to settle a drug debt.

A 15-year-old northwestern Pennsylvania girl who was driving more than 100 mph when she crashed an SUV that killed her 8-year-old brother and injured three other children must spend at least 30 to 60 days confined to a juvenile facility.

An Erie man was held for trial this afternoon on most charges in a New Year's Day shooting that wounded two people at an eastside tavern.

A Millcreek Township man was arraigned this morning on charges in the robbery of a Huntington Bank branch in the township on Thursday.

Lee P. Gabor, 37, of the 500 block of West Eighth Street, was arraigned Thursday on felony counts of criminal conspiracy, burglary, criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.

Michael Roman's lawyer told an Erie County judge Thursday that his client, at 35 years old, finds himself "in a full-blown heroin addiction" that can be blamed for fueling a burglary spree throughout Erie County.

Charles B. Edwards told Erie County President Judge Ernest J. DiSantis Jr. he could not apologize for a crime he did not commit.

Council on Tuesday night will hold second readings on ordinances related to the jobs, and council has the power to change the salary requests by amending the ordinances, which were on County Council's agenda for a first reading on Feb. 25. The jobs include two that have gone unfilled since Dahlkemper took office Jan. 2 -- director of administration ... (more)

Democrat Kerith Strano Taylor, seeking her party's nomination for Congress in the May 20 primary, brought her campaign to Erie County today.

Turning right onto the first dirt road after the "four-way" and then left onto the next dirt road is not how you'd expect to get to one of Pennsylvania's most exclusive restaurants.

An Erie teenager will appear in Erie County Juvenile Court this morning to be sentenced for her role in a crash that claimed the life of her 8-year-old brother in August.

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook has ruled the death of Abbrielle Brynda an accident due to hypothermia "in a setting of acute alcohol intoxication."

Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook has ruled the death of Abbrielle Brynda an accident due to hypothermia "in a setting of acute alcohol intoxication."

A high-speed vehicle pursuit on I-90 Wednesday morning resulted in the arrest of a Bedford man, suspected of robbing an Erie, Pa.

The board that regulates lawyers in Pennsylvania wants an Erie County judge to appoint a conservator to take over the files of Lee Acquista, who had been solicitor of the county Board of Tax Assessment Appeals until the state Supreme Court temporarily suspended his law license in October.

About Erie County Most Wanted: The Erie Times-News each Thursday publishes information about suspects sought by the Erie County Sheriff's Office.

An Erie man pleaded no contest this morning to a charge he had inappropriate contact with a girl over a six-year period while she was between the ages of 7 and 13. Fuad Faleh Al-Muraihej, 41, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of corruption of a minor in a plea agreement that dropped multiple counts, including child rape, involuntary deviate ... (more)

While planning continues for major hotels on the Erie bayfront, construction is now set to begin later this year on a smaller hotel along the Bayfront Parkway.

March 5, 2014 A man is in custody following a midmorning bank robbery and a high speed chase into Ohio.