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Police accuse him and others of holding up a group of Arizona men who came to Erie to sell fentanyl pills in January 2022.

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

Lexus M. Conner, 22, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for her role in setting up the robbery of Casey Nadolny, 25, who was shot to death.

Police accuse Luis A. Salome-Gonzalez of hitting the victim with a garbage can liner, punching him repeatedly at downtown intersection

Motive remains unknown in August assault, in which victim was punched, struck with plastic liner from garbage can on corner outside Erie City Mission.

Two defendants were convicted in the death of Patric Phillips. Two others were acquitted of the crime but convicted of other charges.

Four men are accused of second-degree murder, other counts in fatal robbery of small-time Erie pot dealer. Two others linked to case were not charged.

After hearing four days of testimony, an Erie County jury needed little time to convict two 24-year-olds of second-degree murder in a fatal shooting that occurred during a robbery of marijuana in Erie in January 2020. Defendants Jakwaris Robison and Marshawn Williams were found guilty on Monday after the jury deliberated for about one hour and 15 minutes. Judge Daniel Brabender set sentencing for April 23. Robison and Williams face life sentences with no parole in the death of 26-year-ol...

A young Erie woman admitted in Erie County Court on Wednesday to participating in the fatal shooting of a city man as she and others executed a plan to rob the man of marijuana on a snowy Sunday afternoon in January 2020. Melissa Seaman, 20, was well into her testimony late Wednesday morning when Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Lightner asked her if she was guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Devin Way. "Yeah," she said from the witness stand. Second-degree murder, a...

Defense contended defendant acted in a rage and is guilty of third-degree murder or manslaughter Jury deliberations started on Wednesday afternoon with verdict Thursday afternoon A jury had to decide two basic questions as it deliberated over the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old Erie woman in May 2019. Did the defendant, Kevin G. Hicks-Franklin, 23, intend to kill the victim, Starleisha Smith, the best friend of his girlfriend, making Hicks-Franklin guilty of first-degree murder? Or did Hic...