Defonta Butler is on trial for the murder of Jeffery L. Johnson, whom he allegedly shot on Sept. 22, 2023. The prosecution ...

The evidence, presented over 2½ days of testimony before Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender, clearly showed that Butler followed Johnson throughout parts of Erie on the morning of Sept. 22, 2023, ...

A jury has reached a verdict in the September 2023 murder of an Erie man. Defonta Butler, 31, who is accused of killing ...

An Erie man accused of a murder dating back to September of 2023 is now facing a jury at the Erie County Courthouse. Defonta ...

Johnson, with pulling the trigger. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and carrying a firearm without a license in the shooting of Defonta L.D. Butler. Johnson was sentenced in March 2017 to ...

Police have charged 30-year-old Defonta L.D. Butler in the homicide. More: Erie man shot by suspect in 2015 charged with fatally shooting him near French Street The 13 deaths ruled as homicides in ...