Erie City Council President Mel Witherspoon stunned residents during a heated public meeting on Wednesday, July 16, by recounting how he once shot a man in the head—and walked free thanks to alleged ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, a town council member and more than three dozen others are facing racketeering and additional charges stemming from an illegal ...

An elected official in Erie, Pennsylvania who grew up in New Jersey said during a public meeting last week that he shot someone in the head in college and got away with it. “I shot him in the head ...

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