INTO LAW. SARAH. YEAH. AFTER PASSING IN THE HOUSE, THE BILL IS NOW HEADED TO THE SENATE. AND IF SIGNED INTO LAW, IT WOULD STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT FOR PROTECTION FROM ABUSE ORDERS AND VIOLATIONS WITH ...

When Scranton police responded to a South Side residence early last month, they found a frightened woman allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, who was just out of jail. Officers arrested the man ...

BOSTON, MA — Where a defendant has filed an appeal challenging a G.L.c. 209A abuse prevention order, a remand is necessary because of an inability to determine whether the District Court judge applied ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Proposed legislation to increase penalties in Pennsylvania for people who commit crimes while violating protection from abuse ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court took up the appeal of Anthony Elonis' conviction in Elonis v. United States (Docket No. 12-983, Term 2014), under the federal criminal statute 18 U.S.C. Section 875 ...

Cassandra felt hopeless. “The police keep telling me to get a protection order, but it keeps getting denied because I haven’t had any physical abuse,” she explained. “But my ex keeps driving by, ...

A 44-year-old Butler Twp. man is in prison after police said he went to residence that he was barred from three times this month. Thomas P. Fedorko is charged with three counts of violating a ...