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Focus on awareness, prevention for Men’s Health Week

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Zimmerman retiring, McGowan taking over at Family Services Assoc.

<p>PLAINS TWP. &#8212; A Plains Township man was arraigned Monday on firearm offenses when township police allegedly discovered multiple firearms, including one reported stolen from Louisiana.</p><p>Township police assisting Luzerne County probation officers on June 12 visited Kevin Terrell Hall, 29, after he posted statements on social media that he was possessing firearms at his house on Penrose Street, according to court records.</p><p>Police allegedly found two revolvers on the television stand and a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun with the shoulder stock removed, multiple rounds of ammunition and knives, including metal knuckles. One of the revolvers, a .38-caliber, was loaded with five rounds, police allege.</p><p>Police said the shotgun was reported stolen to the Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff&#8217;s Office, court records say.</p><p>Court records say Hall was sentenced in October 2018 to two years probation on a firearm offense.</p><p>In that case, Hall was a driver of a vehicle stopped by Hanover Township police on Sans Souci Parkway in May 2018. During a search of the vehicle township police said they found a .38-caliber handgun, ammunition, marijuana and paraphernalia, court records say.</p><p>In a negotiated plea agreement, court records say, Hall pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor firearms not to be carried without a license and possession of drug paraphernalia. Prosecutors withdrew a felony firearm count and a traffic violation against Hall. </p><p>Hall was arraigned by District Judge Richard Cronauer in Luzerne County Central Court on two counts of illegal possession of a firearm and a single count of receiving stolen property. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $50,000 bail.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Anjelica Singer for the Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

Plains man charged with possessing stolen firearm from Louisiana