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Successful Motion Saves Nurse's License
A Millcreek Township nurse was suspected of taking medication from a patient. When questioned by police, she was told, in effect, that if she cooperated by waiving her right to consult with a lawyer ...
Court Excludes Confession
A Cleveland man was arrested in Erie for an alleged sex offense. He faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years in prison. The police read "Miranda" warnings to him, and he initially agreed to wai ...
Woman Wins New Trial After Successful Appeal
A Crawford County woman was convicted of 15 felonies and six misdemeanors arising from allegations that she stole money from her employer. She was not represented by us at trial. She retained us to re ...
Bad Check Case Dismissed
A case involving an allegation of bad checks, filed under section 4105 (a) of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, was dismissed at the preliminary hearing. The case arose from a claim by a local car dealer ...
Search Warrant Invalid: Court Tosses Evidence
Local police arrested seven men from Detroit at a local hotel after receiving a tip from housekeeping that room 324 contained three or four bags of marijuana. The men paid cash for rooms 324 and 419. ...
Charges Dropped Against Saegertown Man
An elderly man facing allegations of open lewdness and indecent exposure arising from an incident at a department store men’s room in Edinboro, will not face trial. The 79 year old man, who maintai ...
Reckless Endangering Charges Dropped on Eve of Trial
A man was accused of reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of children when he left his six-year-old daughter on the porch of his estranged wife. When he drove away, the child wandered ou ...
Jury Acquits Erie Man
An Erie man was cleared of charges that he intentionally injured one of the passengers in a sport utility vehicle which was run off the road by him. He faced charges of aggravated assault, recklessly ...
Man Accused of Simple Assault Wins Acquittal
A man facing allegations of simple assault defended the charges before a jury. At the close of evidence, the defense moved for a judgment of acquittal. The Court granted the request for acquittal, t ...
Case Dropped Against Man During Trial
After jury selection and opening statements, the Commonwealth dropped charges against a man accused of witness intimidation. The judge entered a judgment of acquittal in favor of the defense. Earlier ...
Local Man Acquitted of Rape
An Erie man accused of raping a woman he had met at a local night spot was acquitted by a jury after a three day trial. Commonwealth v. C.J.S., Erie County, No. 2927-1999. No two cases are exactly t ...
Millcreek Man Found Not Guilty
An instructor at a local high school was accused by a student of indecent assault on the last day of school. The assault, which included a claim of inappropriate sexual contact, allegedly occurred wh ...
Police Officer Cleared of All Charges
A local police officer faced allegations of rape, simple assault, and other charges involving an altercation with his estranged wife. A jury cleared the man, a Gulf War Veteran, following five days o ...
Aggravated Assault Charge Dropped During Trial
An Erie man faced a maximum sentence of 27 years in prison after he stabbed another man with a butcher knife in an altercation on his front porch. The wounds required the man to be admitted to a loca ...
Franklin Man Acquitted of Terroristic Threats
The City of Erie Police, acting on a complaint from an ex-girlfriend, filed terroristic threat charges against a Franklin man. Police alleged that the man telephoned his ex-girlfriend repeatedly and, ...
DUI & Drug Charges Dropped Against Woman Out of Gas
In the early morning hours of November 9, 2007 an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Agent came upon a North East woman who was walking alone on the berm of Interstate 90. The woman had run out of gas about ...
