Police Reports

(MCKEAN COUNTY, July 17, 2023) McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reports that, following a one day jury trial at the McKean County Courthouse, Ryan Christopher Forsythe was convicted of firearms violations. On July 19, 2022, Pennsylvania State Police initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle near Campus Drive in Bradford Township. FORSYTHE was found to be driving the vehicle. 

Troopers found a loaded firearm within the vehicle. FORSYTHE is prohibited by statute from possessing a firearm. Additionally, he possessed the firearm in a vehicle and did not have a concealed carry permit.

Trooper Bradley Walters of the Pennsylvania State Police-Lewis Run barracks investigated the case. Assistant District Attorney Sarah Dufresne prosecuted the case on behalf of the Commonwealth.  FORSYTHE was convicted of Persons Not to Possess a Firearm (Felony 1); Carrying a Firearm Without a License (Felony 3); and several vehicle code violations.  The jury found that the firearm was loaded so the Commonwealth will seek a sentencing enhancement as provided for under the Sentencing Code due to the increased risk to law enforcement.  FORSYTHE is currently the subject of a bench warrant.  Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date. 

Man wanted for questioning in Sumter woman’s stabbing now arrested for her murder

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A man wanted for questioning in the case has been taken into custody. Police have also found the victim’s missing car.

SUMTER, S.C. — Police arrested a man initially detained for questioning following the stabbing and death of a woman in her Sumter home on Friday.

Sumter Police said they were called to a residence on Henrietta Street around 7:30 p.m. after family members found 31-year-old Miranda Sexton dead. Based on a preliminary investigation, authorities believe Sexton was stabbed but are awaiting the findings of an autopsy to determine what caused her death officially.

Police announced earlier that they had taken 36-year-old Steven Michael Adams into custody, believing he may have information about the death and because he was wanted in an unrelated theft that happened on Ashley Street home on July 7. However, in an update later in the evening, police confirmed Adams is charged with murder, first-degree burglary, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and grand larceny of $10,000 or more. He also faces a charge of petit larceny for the Ashley Street theft. Read more…….

CONTACT: Lt. Adam Reed or Myles Snyder, ra-pspcomm@pa.gov

Warren, PA – Michael Burham, the inmate who escaped from Warren County Prison on July 6, was captured Saturday in, July 15 in Warren County, the Pennsylvania State Police announced.

A resident of Conewango Township reported an encounter with a suspicious individual on their property shortly before 4 p.m. State police and law enforcement partners mobilized resources to the area, established a large perimeter, and took Burham into custody by 5:50 p.m.

Burham appeared fatigued, was still wearing his prison pants, but he was not armed. No troopers were injured during the capture.

The investigation continues into whether anyone helped Burham to escape the prison or provided any assistance to him while he was on the run. Anyone found to have aided Burham will be charged accordingly.

A barking dog led to the capture of jail escapee Michael Burham.

Lt. Col. George Bivens with the Pennsylvania State Police said a call was received from residents at a Jackson Run Rd. residence at 3:57 p.m. regarding a suspicious individual after they checked why their dog was barking.

JOSH COTTON AND ERIC TICHY at Warren Times-Observer have the latest on this story……..

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