Daniel Brabender News Today

Michael J. Toles and Melissa A. Seaman cooperated in case over murder of Devin Way in 2020. They wanted prison terms lower than what they agreed to.

Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender says information in search warrants lacked specificity to establish probable cause in animal cruelty case against Gregory Havican.

Marisa J. Rodriguez, 35, is charged in fatal shooting of Michael Maisner, 66, whose remains were burned and body never found. She has schizophrenia.

Kasir Gambill was shot in the head as he was trying to climb a fence to evade gunfire at East 20th Street and Franklin Avenue in Erie on Dec. 5, 2020.

Blaze ripped through occupied house on East 24th Street, displaced residents and led to deaths of two cats and two dogs, including a service animal.

The 25-year-old victim, who came to Erie from Nepal in 2015 and became a U.S. citizen, died in Pittsburgh months after the May 2022 accident.

Deangelo J. Troop Jr. was 15 when Kasir Gambill was killed in 2020. Because he was juvenile at time, Troop can avoid life sentence with no parole.

Montevecchio, who died Aug. 10, was connected to Erie's biggest crimes of early 1980s, including fatal hit of bookie Frank "Bolo" Dovishaw.

Melissa Seaman and Michael Toles admitted to 2nd-degree murder in fatal robbery of Devin Way. They cooperated, pleaded guilty to 3rd-degree murder.

Ex-Millcreek School Board member Lou Aliota defeated board's defamation claims against him in January. He now says those claims violated his rights.