CRIME & SAFETY
Caught on Camera: Erie Police Investigate Alleged Car Break-In on Erie's West Side
Security camera shows five hooded individuals walking on private property and looking into cars near the corner of West 8th St. and Chestnut St. The video owner, who chose to stay anonymous, says the figures were carrying hammers and crowbars, and he believes they were planning to break into vehicles before he scared them away.
He was new to Erie. Now he's headed to state prison for shootings in 'hunting' of teen
Defendant, 21, from Memphis, Tenn., latest to get sentenced in shooting of Poplar Street house and drive-by shooting of 14-year-old boy near West 29th and Cherry streets in February 2023. Erie Times-News. Erie police charged five defendants in connection with two gang-related shootings in Erie in February 2023. Target of...
Elderly Man Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash in Crawford County; Others Injured
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) — Authorities say an area elderly man was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Crawford County on Friday evening. According to Meadville-based State Police, troopers were notified of a motor vehicle crash on State Highway 98, south of Smith Road, in Hayfield Township, Crawford County, around 5:39 p.m. on Friday, May 3.
One dead in Crawford County accident Friday night
An accident in Crawford County took the life of a Meadville man early this weekend. According to the Meadville Tribune, James Barnhart, 81, was pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on collision on PA Route 98 in Hayfield Township Friday evening by Crawford County coroner Eric Coston. The accident...
Details Released on Local Man Injured in Three-Vehicle Collision on Route 19
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) — State Police released the details of a three-vehicle collision on State Route 19 in Crawford County that injured a local man. According to a report released on Friday, May 3, the crash happened on State Route 19 in Greenwood Township, Crawford County, around 11:17 a.m. on Saturday, April 27.
State police charge East Springfield man in Ridge Road crash that killed motorcyclist
A West Springfield man had just hit a deer with his motorcycle in Springfield Township and was waiting along the roadside for a ride on the early morning of June 8 when Pennsylvania State Police investigators said he was struck by van and killed. An East Springfield man accused of driving the van...
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