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DA to investigate Wilkes-Barre School Board President Louis Elmy over alleged campaign finance fraud

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Dismissed Luzerne County election official on leave from new job in Georgia during probe of alleged voting irregularities

SCRANTON &#8212; A Columbia County man will spend nearly a decade in federal prison for selling a stolen gun in Kingston.James Pavlichko, 30, of Stillwater, was sentenced Thursday before U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani to nine years behind bars followed by two years of supervised release, according to court records.Police in Kingston arrested Pavlichko and his girlfriend Katherine Teter in April after they sold a .40-caliber Glock handgun to a convicted felon who turned out to be a police informant, court documents say. Pavlichko had stolen the weapon from a friend&#8217;s home.Pavlichko and Teter pleaded guilty in July.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Staff Report</bylineMeta></div>

Man sentenced in federal court for selling stolen gun in Kingston