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<p><strong>Forgery trial delayed for </strong><strong>woman </strong></p><p><strong>questioned in shed-body case</strong></p><p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The forgery trial for a woman connected to the disappearance of her grandmother and a mystery surrounding her deceased son has been delayed until January.</p><p>Linasheri D&#8217;Onofrio, 50, of Plains Township, was set to appear before Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky this week. She&#8217;s facing felony counts of forgery and theft, along with a misdemeanor count of theft.</p><p>She allegedly forged checks belonging to neighbor Ronald Heck while she was watching his house while he was in a nursing home in 2014.</p><p>She&#8217;s accused of writing the checks out to her grandmother, Mary Mikulak. She allegedly deposited them into a shared account. The checks totaled nearly $3,000, authorities reported.</p><p>Mikulak, though, has been missing for years, and is presumed dead. Investigators have not been able to track her down or find any death records.</p><p>D&#8217;Onofrio is also connected to the mysterious death of her disabled adult son, Shain D&#8217;Onofrio. His skeletal remains were found in a shed near her property after firefighters battled a blaze in the shed.</p><p>D&#8217;Onofrio &#8212; who has denied any wrongdoing in either of the cases &#8212; will now go on trial for the forgery case on Jan. 14, 2019, after Sklarosky granted a defense motion for continuance.</p><p><strong>Man pleads in</strong></p><p><strong>teen-sex case</strong></p><p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man from Trinidad and Tobago who was accused of forcing oral sex on a Wilkes-Barre teen has pleaded guilty.</p><p>Lloyd Lyndon Wood, 47, admitted to a felony count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse on a person less than 16 before Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. on Monday.</p><p>Wood was charged in July after police responded to a report of a sexual assault in a Melrose Avenue home.</p><p>According to police, the father of a 14-year-old girl in the home said Wood grabbed the girl and forced her onto a bed. He forcibly removed the girl&#8217;s pants and began performing oral sex on her, authorities say. She fought him off by kicking him and running away. She later told her father about the incident.</p><p>The father told police Wood was visiting from Trinidad and Tobago and would be leaving for New York shortly.</p><p>Sklarosky set sentencing for Jan. 30. He remains in the county lockup.</p><p style="text-align: right;">&#8212; <em>By Patrick Kernan</em></p><style>
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