criminal law

OLEAN — Three Olean residents were charged early Thursday morning with allegedly possessing various drugs and weapons in the town of Genesee, New York...

BELMONT — Patricia “Pat” Fogarty was recognized this week by the Allegany County Board of Legislators for her legal work on behalf of families and ind...

BELMONT — The Allegany County District Attorney’s Office reported that Michael S. McDonald of Bolivar was convicted Monday of fourth-degree criminal p...

Federal authorities have added 25 border patrol agents at a section of the northeastern U.S. border with Quebec in response to a spike in illegal cros...

A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Friday to stealing a badge and radio from a police officer who was beaten as rioters pulled him into the mob that attacke...

BRADFORD, Pa. — A Hall of Fame wrestling coach and retired Cameron County English teacher was arrested Wednesday on allegations that he possessed chil...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — I rarely feel connected to politicians, regardless of their party or platform. Like the blue-collar people I grew up with, I just d...

WELLSVILLE — A Pennsylvania man was charged in connection with an alleged rape last year, the Wellsville Police Department reported Monday. Jason M. G...

NEW YORK — Lolita Jackson was at her 72nd-floor desk in the World Trade Center, feeling like she worked at the top of the world. Then came the boom, a...

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SMETHPORT, Pa. — A Christian musician, pastor and former Bradford store owner is in McKean County Jail, charged with more than 880 felony counts of ch...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and other senators to reintroduce the Background Check Expansi...

The death of a Mexican man who had just entered the United States from Canada illegally is highlighting the spike in illegal crossings along the borde...

ALBANY (TNS) — Legislative conversations around changes to New York’s criminal justice system have been dominated in recent years by the measures that...

LITTLE VALLEY — A Cuba man, Jeremiah Wilson, 44, was sentenced in Cattaraugus County Court Tuesday to three years’ probation for his conviction of pos...

SCHENECTADY (AP) — A former Schenectady jail guard who beat and seriously injured a detainee has been sentenced to six months behind bars, to the dism...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES recently announced its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the second quarter fro...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to incorrect information provided to the Times Herald, the Cattaraugus County Court report in Tuesday’s editions incorrectly stated...