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Cops withdraw caseinvolving dog threatsWILKES-BARRE &#8212; Wilkes-Barre police withdrew charges against Jayson Matthew Kalson, 33, who was arrested last month after he allegedly threatened to kill his family&#8217;s dog with a machete inside a North Grant Street residence.Charges of terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness were dismissed during a preliminary hearing Friday in Luzerne County Central Court.Kalson was arrested Feb. 27 after an argument with his mother, Donna Kalson, who told him to turn down music. During the argument, Kalson grabbed a machete and threatened to kill a pit bull that bit him in the leg, according to the criminal complaint.Man waives endangerment hearingWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man charged with not watching his autistic child who escaped a Pittston residence waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Friday.Matthew Thomas Ashton, 38, formerly of Broad Street, waived a single count of endangering the welfare of children to county court.Pittston police allege an autistic child wearing only a T-shirt was found by a passer-by in the middle of William Street last May 18. As police arrived at the scene, Ashton appeared from an alley, according to a criminal complaint.Ashton allegedly told police he stays at home to watch seven children while his wife works. He claimed another child forgot to set a door alarm and that&#8217;s why he didn&#8217;t know the autistic child had left the residence.Hazleton man waiveshearing on assault chargesWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man accused by Hazleton police of slashing another man&#8217;s head during a fight last month waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Wednesday.Hakeim Perkins, 44, of West Maple Street, Hazleton, will now face charges of aggravated assault and criminal trespass in county court.Prosecutors withdrew a second count of aggravated assault and charges of burglary and criminal mischief against Perkins.According to a criminal complaint:Police found a man holding a bloody towel against his head while sitting on a porch of a residence in the 200 block of West Diamond Avenue on Feb. 17.Police said the man suffered a laceration from his eye to the back of his head.A surveillance camera recorded Perkins shoving the man against a fence and punching him in the head. As the man got up to run into the residence, Perkins swung his arms and the man immediately grabbed the left side of his face.Two men to stand trialon drug-dealing chargesWILKES-BARRE &#8212; Two Hazleton men accused of trafficking heroin laced with fentanyl and other illegal drugs waived their rights to preliminary hearings in Luzerne County Central Court this week.Anthony Hassan King, 24, of East Sixth Street, will now face three counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in county court.Prosecutors withdrew a fourth count of possession with intent and two counts of criminal use of communication facility.Police arrested King and Rahmir Tyree Brayboy, 23, same address, after allegedly finding 120 bags of heroin with fentanyl, crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, cash, a digital scale and three cell phones in their apartment Feb. 16, according to a criminal complaint.Brayboy previously waived a hearing on a single count of possession with intent to deliver.Freeland man facingtrial on drug countsWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man from Freeland waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court this week, sending drug possession charges to county court.Hazleton police arrested Robert Jose Borelli III, 31, of Washington Street, after allegedly finding a vial containing methamphetamine and 10 films of Suboxone inside his vehicle March 8.Borelli was initially stopped for driving a Subaru Outback with inoperable rear lights at North Pine and East Oak streets.Prosecutors withdrew a single count of possession of an offensive weapon against Borelli.Warrant issuedfor Harrisburg manWILKES-BARRE &#8212; An arrest warrant was issued for Patrick L. Knight, 31, of Harrisburg, when he failed to appear for a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court this week.Nanticoke police arrested Knight after allegedly finding marijuana, a digital scale and a stolen handgun inside his vehicle in the area of West Field Street and Lincoln Avenue on March 8.These charges were sent to county court: receiving stolen property, possessing a firearm with an altered serial number, firearms not to be carried without a license, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness.Knight was free after posting $30,000 bail March 9.Alleged grocery burglar waives hearingWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man from Hazleton charged with burglarizing a grocery store waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court this week.Otto McNab, 42, of Alter Street, now faces trial on a burglary charge.Prosecutors withdrew counts of theft and receiving stolen property.Hazleton police allege McNab burglarized Groceries Plus on North Vine Street on March 1, getting away with a large amount of cash.Hanover suspectfacing drug trialWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Hanover Township man accused by the Luzerne County Drug Task Force of trafficking methamphetamine and marijuana waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Central Court this week.Rashawn Jemel Herrington, 26, of Luzerne Street, now faces trial on three counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia.Task force agents served a search warrant at Herrington&#8217;s house March 7, allegedly finding methamphetamine, marijuana, packaging materials and a digital scale.Woman accused indrug bust waives hearingWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Hanover Township woman accused of trafficking a variety of illegal drugs waived her right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court this week.Larissa Perry, 26, of South Main Street in Lee Park, was arrested March 12 when township police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at her residence, allegedly finding crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, a digital scale and packaging materials.Perry will now face these charges in county court: five counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, three counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of criminal use of communication facility and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia.Robbery suspect sendsvehicle charge to trialWILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Scranton man caught by Kingston police driving a vehicle allegedly stolen after a bank robbery in Wayne County waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court this week.Aaron R. Gould, 39, faces trial on a single count of receiving stolen property.Prosecutors withdrew charges of false identification to law enforcement, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.Kingston police spotted Gould slumped inside a Toyota Rav4 parked on Carle Street on March 10.Police said the Toyota, owned by an employee at NBT Bank in Lake Ariel, was stolen after Gould allegedly robbed the bank on Feb. 12.Gould is facing charges of robbery, theft, terroristic threats, simple assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon in connection to the bank heist, according to online court records from Wayne County. &#8212; By Ed Lewis<style>
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