Erie Police Officer Cleared of All Charges A local Erie, PA police officer faced allegations of rape, simple assault, and other charges involving an altercation with his estranged wife. A jury cleared the man, a Gulf War veteran, following five...

Court Rules Police Stop Unlawful: Drugs & DUI Evidence Suppressed State Police stopped a motorist traveling eastbound on I-90 after midnight in Erie County because of a suspected lane violation and careless driving. After the stop, police smelled marijuana coming...

Erie Texting While Driving DUI Case Dismissed The Court ruled that police lacked sufficient evidence to stop a motorist who was holding an illuminated cell phone for two or three seconds while driving after midnight through the Borough of Albion...

DUI at Presque Isle State Park Withdrawn A Pittsburgh man facing his second DUI in 10 years was stopped by an off-duty Sheriff near the entrance of Presque Isle State Park for suspicion of DUI. Erie DUI lawyer Tim George cross-examined the arresting officer at...

DUI Charges Dropped Against Woman Out of Gas In the early morning hours, an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Agent came upon a North East, PA woman who was walking alone on the berm of Interstate 90. The woman had run...

DUI Dismissed Against Erie Man Sleeping It Off in Parking Lot Shortly after midnight, a City of Erie police officer noticed a car parked in the parking lot of the local Holiday Inn. The driver was asleep behind the wheel,...

DUI Dropped in Girard Township Pennsylvania State Police followed a motorist for a short distance as he traveled west on Tow Road in Fairview Township, PA. Police eventually initiated a motor vehicle stop. The basis for the stop was that...

Meadville DUI Stop Ruled Illegal: BAC Results Tossed A Crawford County judge ruled that the Pennsylvania State Police lacked reasonable suspicion when troopers stopped a Meadville motorist suspected of DUI last summer. As a result, none of the evidence obtained from the...

Lake Erie Boater Accused of BUI Cleared of All Charges The Coast Guard received a report of an intoxicated boater. A short time later, a boating under the influence (BUI) patrol stopped an Erie man’s boat supposedly “at random” for the...

Harborcreek DUI Charges Dropped After Stop Deemed to Be Illegal Late at night, a driver turned right at a stop light and crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania. No other cars were on the roadway at...

North East DUI Case Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing On an early Sunday morning just after two o’clock, local North East police stopped a vehicle driven by a North East man suspected of DUI. According to the patrolman, the suspect’s car was...

DUI Against Minor in North East, PA Withdrawn On a Saturday morning at 4:00 a.m., a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper followed an underage motorist for more than a mile under the belief that the motorist may have been under the influence...

DUI Withdrawn in Washington Township Pennsylvania State Police followed a motorist for some distance before initiating a motor vehicle stop when the motorist turned into a parking lot in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. According to the complaint, the motorist was stopped...

Meadville Woman Wins New Trial After Successful Appeal A Crawford County woman was convicted of 15 felonies and six misdemeanors arising from allegations that she stole money from her employer. She was not represented by Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C. at trial. However, she...

Millcreek Man Found Not Guilty of Sex Offense An instructor at a local high school was accused by a student of indecent assault on the last day of school. The assault, which included a claim of inappropriate sexual contact, allegedly occurred...

Erie Court Says PennDOT Cannot Suspend License for DUI in Kentucky A Pennsylvania driver was convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in the State of Kentucky. As a result of the out-of-state conviction, PennDOT then suspended his Pennsylvania driver’s license for...

Criminal Mischief Charge Dismissed Against Albion Woman After two hours of testimony at a preliminary hearing, a Magisterial District Judge dismissed allegations of criminal mischief against an Albion, Pennsylvania woman. The charges stemmed from a claim that a man was...

PFA Tossed After Court Hearing A woman sought and received a temporary PFA against her estranged husband which resulted in him being excluded from the marital residence. Her allegations included that her husband had made veiled threats, had angry outbursts...

“Terry” Search Ruled Unlawful – Drug Charges Dismissed Against Erie Motorist Millcreek Township police stopped a motorist who had pulled over on the side of the road to drop a friend off at the foot of his driveway. When police...

Confession Suppressed – PWID Heroin and Cocaine Charges Dismissed Erie police received information that an illegal drug known as K2 was being sold at a convenience store on East Avenue in the City of Erie. Police obtained a search warrant to...

Millcreek Hotel Search Warrant Invalid: Court Tosses Evidence Local police arrested seven men from Detroit at a local hotel after receiving a tip from housekeeping that room 324 contained three or four bags of marijuana. The men paid cash for...

PFA Dismissed by Court A young woman in Pennsylvania accused a man of forcible rape on separate occasions in her home. She then sought protection from the court in the form of a petition for sexual violence protection order. Her request...

Summit Township Bad Check Case Dismissed A case involving an allegation of bad checks, filed under section 4105 (a) of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, was dismissed at the preliminary hearing. The case arose from a claim by a local car dealership...

Open Lewdness Charges Dropped Against Saegertown Man An elderly man from Saegertown, PA faced allegations of open lewdness and indecent exposure arising from an incident at a department store men’s room in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. However, he will not face trial. The 79-year-old...

PFA Dismissed After Hearing A PFA was granted to a woman who alleged that her long-time boyfriend threatened to do “bad things” to her and “knows people that will harm her.” She also accused him of threatening other things that would...

Felony Sex Offenses Withdrawn A college student was charged in Warren County, PA with 32 counts of criminal offenses arising from the dissemination of sexually explicit images being transmitted by a smartphone application. The student faced eight counts of corruption of...

Erie Man Acquitted of Rape An Erie, Pennsylvania man accused of raping a woman he had met at a local night spot was acquitted by a jury after a three-day trial. He was defended by Erie criminal defense attorney Tim George. No two...

Simple Assault Allegations Withdrawn Against Erie Nurse An Erie nurse facing allegations of simple assault had criminal charges withdrawn at the time set for his preliminary hearing. After Erie criminal defense lawyer Tim George played a voicemail for the prosecutor — the voicemail recorded...

Court: State Police Lacked “Reasonable Suspicion” to Stop Lake City Driver Charged with DUI A police cruiser performed a U-turn and followed the only other car on the roadway. After following the small car for more than four miles, the...

Witness Intimidation Case Dropped Against Erie Man During Trial After jury selection and an opening statement by Erie criminal defense lawyer Tim George, the Commonwealth dropped charges against a man accused of witness intimidation. The judge entered a judgment of acquittal in...

Lake Erie Boating Under the Infuence BUI Lawyer: Search Violates Constitution Brookville, PA man was operating his fishing boat near Gull Point in Lake Erie when a Pennsylvania Water Conservation Officer observed, approached, followed, and ultimately boarded the watercraft. The...

Open Lewdness Withdrawn A college student was arrested for open lewdness, disorderly conduct, and underage drinking following a party in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. At the preliminary hearing, Erie criminal defense attorney Tim George negotiated a resolution with the police which resulted in the...

Jury Acquits Meadville Man of Retail Theft Meadville, Pennsylvania – After two days of trial, a Crawford County jury found a Meadville man not guilty of retail theft stemming from the purchase of five rolls of roofing material from a local business. Erie...

Court Excludes Confession of Cleveland, PA Man Charged with Sex Offense A Cleveland, Pennsylvania man was arrested in Erie, PA for an alleged sex offense. He faced a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison if convicted at trial. The...

Jury Acquits Erie Man of Aggravated Assault An Erie man who was defended by Erie criminal defense attorney Tim George was cleared of charges that he intentionally injured one of the passengers in a sport utility vehicle (SUV) which was...

Aggravated Assault Charge Against Erie Man Dropped During Trial An Erie man was charged with a crime and faced a maximum sentence of 27 years in prison after he allegedly stabbed another man with a butcher knife in an altercation...

Successful Motion Saves Millcreek Nurse’s License A Millcreek Township nurse was suspected of taking medication from a patient. When questioned by police, she was told, in effect, that she would receive ARD and avoid a conviction if she cooperated by...

Franklin, PA Man Acquitted of Terroristic Threats The City of Erie Police, acting on a complaint from an ex-girlfriend of Franklin, PA, filed terroristic threat charges against the man. Police alleged that the man telephoned his ex-girlfriend repeatedly and, in the course...

Reckless Endangerment Charges Against Fairview Man Dropped on Eve of Trial A man was accused of reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of children when he left his six-year-old daughter on the porch of his estranged wife. When the man drove away,...

Erie Man Accused of Simple Assault Wins Acquittal A man facing allegations of simple assault defended the charges before a jury. At the close of evidence, Erie criminal defense attorney Tim George moved for a judgment of acquittal. The Court granted the request for...

Drug Charges Dropped Against Millcreek Motorist While stopped at a red light on Peach Street in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania, an off-duty police officer noticed that the driver of the vehicle next to him had a marijuana bowl in his hand....