Erie Pennsylvania Blog January Archive

Pleaded Guilty to Escape

01/18/09 23:20

Malcom Kysor, 54, was convicted for murder and is about to serve a life sentence from beating a man to death in 1981. He was caught last April in a park in Bakersfield, California. He pleaded guilty via a video conference when he was at the state prison at Mercer and about to be sentence on 2nd of March. Kysor escaped through hiding in a prison trash can in Sometime in November 2007 from the Albion state prison

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Erir County opens warming station

It is no secret that it has been pretty colder these days than during the same period last year. I am not sure why--but I am sure scientists will debate about it--this is happening, but a sudden drop in temperature is certainly not good for everybody, especially because not everyone has a heater at home.

In line with this, Erie County in Pennsylvania opened the Mental Health Association building as a warming center to help people pass through the night.

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Door dispute issue resolved

Lack of budget for security personnel led to the sheriff of the Erie county to close the county courthouse's secondary entrance. This has caused a dispute between the Erie sheriff and county executive Mark DiVecchio.

The dispute is now resolved by deciding to open the secondary door during selected hours of the day

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