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<p><strong>Man who repented &#8216;sins&#8217; </strong></p><p><strong>at standoff waives hearing </strong></p><p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Wilkes-Barre man who allegedly threw a knife at his girlfriend and barricaded himself in a bedroom where he repented his sins to God waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Thursday.</p><p>City police arrested Antonio J. Powell, 43, after investigating a domestic disturbance on West Maple Street on Oct. 20. Martea Calderon told police Powell threw a knife at her, according to a criminal complaint.</p><p>Powell then barricaded himself in a bedroom where he repented his sins and yelled he was ready to leave this earth, the complaint says.</p><p>Powell waived charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and strangulation to county court.</p><p><strong>Domestic assault </strong></p><p><strong>charges dismissed </strong></p><p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A district judge in Luzerne County Central Court on Wednesday dismissed domestic assault charges against Joshua Anthony Kijewski, 28, of Plains Township.</p><p>Township police arrested Kijewski after a pregnant Ann Lawson alleged he threw her on the floor, causing her to land on her stomach, at his residence in the East Mountain Ridge Trailer Court on Oct. 18.</p><p>Lawson also said Kijewski choked her to the point of unconsciousness, according to a criminal complaint.</p><p>Charges of strangulation, simple assault and harassment were dismissed.</p><style>
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