Ed Palattella

CRIME Federal drug raid in Erie yielded a ghost gun. Guilty plea ends case A 23-year-old Erie resident took responsibility for illegally possessing guns when he pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he trafficked in fentanyl and cocaine. Ed Palattella E... See more

CRIME Hertel & Brown therapist 'should have known better.' He gets probation Physical therapist Steven M. Bauer is 10th defendant to be sentenced in Hertel & Brown case, with nine sentencings yet to come in massive white-collar prosecution in fede... See more

CRIME Hertel & Brown fraud upended her life. She gets probation for her role Jacqueline R. Exley, a former physical therapist at Erie-based Hertel & Brown, is ninth of 19 defendants to be sentenced in federal court in massive case of overbilling f... See more

Emily Merski sworn in as new Erie County judge as Tom Ridge looks on Emily Mosco Merski, who counts former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge as a close family friend, was sworn in as Erie County judge in ceremony Ridge attended in packed Courtroom H at Erie County Court... See more

LOCAL After 16 years on bench, Judge Brabender retires from 'a great job' Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender, first elected in 2009, is stepping away from the bench and says "maybe" to writing a seventh book in retirement. Ed Palattella Erie Times-News Ja... See more