MULTIPLE STATE POLICE TROOPERS RESPONDED TO A SATURDAY STAND-OFF SITUATION IN WARREN COUNTY.  READ MORE HERE FROM ERIE NEWS NOW.  

THE CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE REPORT THAT ON MARCH 29^TH, 2025 33-YEAR-OLD TYRONE BAILEY TRIED TO PURCHASE A PISTOL FROM THE SPORTSMAN’S OUTLET ON CHESTNUT STREET.  HE PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION ON HIS STATE APPLICATION FORM AND ATTESTED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS TRUE, CORRECT AND COMPLETE.  BAILEY HAD AN ACTIVE PROTECTION FROM ABUSE ORDER ISSUED IN NEW YORK STATE.  HE WAS ARRAIGNED ON APRIL 26^TH OF THIS YEAR AND REMANDED TO THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $25,000 BAIL. 

STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN AFTER 32-YEAR-OLD CARL LANGLEY, OF HOLIDAY, FLORIDA ABANDONED HIS VEHICLE WHEN IT BECAME STUCK ON AN EMBANKMENT.  THE SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH OCURRED ON MAY 10^TH AT 4:30AM ON ROUTE 119 IN BELL TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY.  TROOPERS SAID LANGLEY’S VEHICLE TURNED OFF THE ROADWAY AND TRAVELED INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND GOT STUCK.  WHEN HE COULDN’T GET THE VEHICLE OUT, HE FLED THE SCENE.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.  LANGLEY WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO DRIVE ON ROADWAYS LANED FOR TRAFFIC.

ST. MARYS CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ACT OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE CITY.  THEY TELL US SOMEBODY DAMAGED A YARD ON TAFT ROAD, NEAR CHALLINGSWORTH ROAD EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THEN DROVE OFF.  THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IS LIKELY TO HAVE FRONT PASSENGER-SIDE DAMAGE.  IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL CITY POLICE.

25-YEAR-OLD RYAN ZAVINSKI OF WARREN HAS PLEAD GUILTY TO CORRUPTION OF MINORS AND INDECENT EXPOSURE.  THE FORMER BEATY-WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND BOY SCOUT LEADER ALLEGEDLY PARTICIPATED IN A VERSION OF A BOARD GAME FOLLOWING AN EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONY IN JUNE OF 2025.  POLICE ALLEGE THAT HE ALSO PROVIED ALCOHOL TO MINORS.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, TWO OTHER SCOUT LEADERS TOLD OFFICERS THAT ZAVINSKI ADMITTED TO EXPOSING HIMSELF AND PROVIDING THE ALCOHOL.  SCOUTS THAT WERE PRESENT ALSO CONFIRMED THE ACTIONS.  A SENTENCING DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET.

THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR 36-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY IRVINE WHO IS WANTED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR FLEEING FROM AUTHORITIES.  ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, HE WAS SEEN AT A HOME ALONG WILLIAMS ROAD IN WARSAW TOWNSHIP ON TUESDAY.  STATE POLICE HELPED SEARCH FOR HIM IN A NEARBY WOODED AREA USING TRACKING DOGS AND HELICOPTERS.  IRVINE, WHO IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC IS WHITE, STANDS 5’6” TALL AND HAS DARK BROWN HAIR, A MOUSTACHE AND A GOATEE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE.

37-YEAR-OLD JACOB KAMATS OF BRADFORD WAS CHARGED ON SUNDAY WITH HARASSMENT AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS.  THE INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED AT A RESIDENCE ON SOUTH CENTER STREET ON MAY 7^TH.  CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE REPORTED THAT THE VICTIMS BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN THE BATHROOM AND KAMATS ATTEMPTED TO KICK DOWN THE DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES, THREATENING TO KILL THEM.  HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AT A RESIDENCE IN SMETHPORT AND IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.

DUBOIS CITY POLICE HAVE CHARGED 34-YEAR-OLD ALEXANDER FOLTZ OF BROCKWAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A CHEVY SILVERADO ON MONDAY.  OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A RESIDENCE ON WEST DUBOIS AVENUE.  THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE TOLD THEM THAT HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE MOMENTARILY AND SOMEONE STOLE HIS TRUCK.  POLICE CANVASSED THE STREET AND FOUNF VIDEO SURVEILANCE THAT YIELDED IMAGES OF A SUSPECT.  THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED IN THE AREA OF SOUTH BRADY STREET AND SHAFFER AVENUE AND FOLTZ WAS CAPTURED ON LUTHER AVENUE.  HE IS AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE.

STATE POLICE IN WARREN ARE SEEKING INFORMATION AFTER A KITTEN WAS THROWN FROM A MOVING VEHICLE ON MAY 4^TH.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 6:45PM ON THE 300 BLOCK.  A WITNESS SAID THE KITTEN WAS TIED INSIDE A BLACK DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAG.  THANKFULLY, IT WAS FOUND UNHARMED.  TROOPERS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A WHITE CHEVY TRUCK WITH RUST ON THE BODY.  IT WAS TRAVELLING NORTH ON CONEWANGO AND IT WAS ALLEGEDLY OPERATED BY A BLACK MALE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE STATE POLICE IN WARREN.

SEA Storm from Sparks Elite Athletics All Star Cheer & Dance proudly earned and attended The D2 Summit at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida — one of the most prestigious end-of-season championships in Division 2 All Star Cheerleading. The event was aired live nationally on Varsity TV, showcasing some of the top teams in the country.

Bids must be earned throughout the season by competing against other programs at 2 day competitions and receiving high enough scores in areas like stunting, tumbling, execution, difficulty, and overall performance.

Sparks Elite Athletics is proud to be the first gym in Elk County to earn and attend this elite event. For a small-town program, competing on that national stage was an incredible accomplishment and a true testament to the athletes’ hard work, dedication, and heart all season long.

A MCKEAN COUNTY MAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER AN ALLEGED DOMESTIC INCIDENT BACK ON MAY 3^RD.  32-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY MEAD IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A FEMALE VICTIM, A 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL, AND THEN BREAKING INTO A NEIGHBORING RESIDENCE AND ASSAULTING A 3^RD VICTIM.  HE’S BEHIND BARS IN THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL TODAY.

62-YEAR-OLD DONALD DAVISON OF JOHNSONBURG WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR ON PROBATION AFTER ADMITTING HE PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION ON A BACKGROUND CHECK.  DAVISON VISITED A JEFFERSON COUNTY GUN STORE LAST JULY TO COMPLETE THE CHECK FOR A RIFLE THAT HE WON AT A GUN BASH.  HE CHECKED NO ON A QUESTION ASKING IF HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY MORE THAN A YEAR IN PRISON.  HE WAS CONVICTED IN 2008 ON A FIVE-YEAR-SENTENCE.  ALONG WITH THE SENTENCE OF PROBATION, DAVISON WILL ALSO PAY COURT FEES AND COSTS.

CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE HAVE CHARGED 40-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL SCHOONOVER WITH MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS, HARRASSMENT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, POSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND RESISTING ARREST AFTER AN INCIDENT AT A LINCOLN AVENUE HOME.  ALLEGEDLY, HE MADE VERBAL THREATS TO TWO WOMEN, THREATENING TO KILL THEM AND CLAIMED HE HAD A LOADED GUN.  OFFICERS SAY HE REFUSED TO COOPERATE, THAT HE IGNORED COMMANDS AND YELLED RACIAL SLURS TOWARD THEM.  SCHOONOVER WAS ARRESTED AND REMANDED TO THE MCKEAN COUNTY JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.

ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A BABY FOR THE RIDGWAY AMBULANCE CORPORATION.  FOR THE THIRD TIME IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, A CREW MEMBER DELIVERED A BABY, SPARKING THE CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT THE LOSS OF MATERNITY CARE IN THE REGION.  READ MORE HERE FROM WTAJ-TV.

OFFICIALS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORT THAT A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 80 EASTBOUND WAS SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS LAST FRIDAY FOLLOWING 6-VEHICLE CRASH.  DISPATCHERS CONFIRMED THAT IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30AM.  THE INTERSTATE REMAINED CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE MORNING, NEAR EXIT 78, ACCORDING TO THE BROOKVILLE FIRE COMPANY.  THERE WERE NO INURIES REPORTED.  THERE WAS SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL VEHICLES.  STATE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.

POLICE SAY THAT 38-YEAR-OLD NOELLE RUCINSKI OF SUMMERVILLE ESCAPED INJURIES AFTER HER VEHICLE STRUCK MULTIPLE MAILBOXES AND A TREE ON ROUTE 28, EAST OF ROUTE 322 IN PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP.  THE CRASH OCCURRED AT JUST AFTER 9AM ON APRIL 21ST.  SHE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE, TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, HIT SEVERAL MAILBOXES AND SIGNS BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A TREE AND COMING TO REST.  RUCINSKI WAS EVALUATED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY EMS AT THE SCENE AND HAD NO INJURIES.  SHE WAS CITED WITH A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

28-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM COURSON AND 22-YEAR-OLD AUBREE CATHCART, BOTH OF PUNXSUTAWNEY, ARE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY LEFT CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN A PARKED VEHICLE AT WALMART IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES.  STATE POLICE SAT THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 19^TH AT THE STORE IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP.  COURSON AND CATHCART BOTH ADMITTED THAT THEY LEFT THE KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN THEY RAN IN THE STORE.  THE CHILDREN WERE LEFT ALONE FOR 25 MINUTES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS.  THEIR PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 23^RD.

TROOPERS IN CLARION SAY THAT THE CASE AGAINST 42-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL WATKINS AND 29-YEAR-OLD WESLEY WILLIAMS HAS MOVED FORWARD TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.  THEY WERE CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY IN JANUARY AFTER POLICE DISCOVERED A SEVERELY MALNOURISHED DOG IN THE MOTEL ROOM THEY WERE LIVING IN.  OFFICERS REPORTED DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS AND ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE DOG WASN’T LICENCED.  BOTH WATCKINS AND WILLIAMS WERE JAILED IN JANUARY.  THEY ARE BOTH FREE ON BAIL AND AWAITING THEIR COURT DATE.