Child sex charges refiled against New Jersey man
KINGSTON TWP. A man from New Jersey will spend time in jail at least until April 15.
Hazleton man sentenced on drug trafficking charges
SCRANTON A Hazleton man was sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on drug trafficking offenses.
Pittston man charged with assaulting mother, son with baseball bat
PITTSTON City police charged Rashon Henry Daniels, 39, of Market Street, with assaulting a mother and strangled her son during a domestic disturbance last month.
Wilkes-Barre shooting in retaliation of 2019 stabbing in Nanticoke
WILKES-BARRE City police detectives arrested a woman for her alleged role with shooting her brother as court documents suggests the gunfire was in retaliation to a Nanticoke stabbing in 2019.
Police: Plymouth man attempted to steal ambulance
WILKES-BARRE City police say a man from Plymouth attempted to steal an ambulance when transported to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wednesday night.
Convicted felon arrested after gunfire in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested Tyrone Sweeney, 46, while investigating gunfire in the 400 block of Blackman Street Tuesday night.
Gunfire reported near Hanover Township high rise apartments
HANOVER TWP. Township police say they are investigating a report of gunfire on Lee Park Avenue near Lee Park Towers.
Nescopeck man charged with firearm, drug offenses
JACKSON TWP. A township police officer became suspicious during a traffic stop when he spotted multiple air fresheners and fabric softener sheets in the air vents of a vehicle stopped for heavily ti
Woman claims she was attacked in Harveys Lake stabbing
HANOVER TWP. A Laflin woman denied that she intentionally stabbed a former boyfriend in the neck last summer.
Hunlock Township man arrested on child sex offenses
SHICKSHINNY A Hunlock Township man awaiting sentencing after admitting he sexually assaulted two girls nearly 40 years ago was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually abused a boy inside Roaring
Stories conflict in Ashley road rage gunfire incident
ASHLEY Two men allegedly involved in a road rage incident involving a gunshot gave conflicting statements to borough police, according to court records.
Woman charged after man found with slash wounds
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a woman after following blood spatter in a hallway to her apartment where they found a man suffering slash wounds to his body Saturday.
Police: Intoxicated man disrupts customers, urinates on holding cell floor
WILKES-BARRE An intoxicated man disrupting customers inside a downtown tavern urinated on a holding cell floor, according to court records.
Hanover Township man sentenced to federal prison in drug case
SCRANTON A man from Hanover Township was sentenced Monday to federal prison on drug trafficking offenses.
Two arrested after WBPD allegedly find child in deplorable apartment with heroin
WILKES-BARRE City police investigating a domestic disturbance at Sherman Hills arrested two people after allegedly finding a 6-year-old child inside an apartment filled with heroin and fentanyl Satu
Plymouth Township man, charged with kidnapping mother, on state parole
NEWPORT TWP. A man charged with holding his mother hostage and threatening to kill anyone who intervened has a long criminal history in Luzerne County.
Look Back: Early beginnings of Sans Souci Park
Students at the Ross Street M.E. Sunday School in Wilkes-Barre jammed into five passenger rail cars at the Lehigh Valley Train Station on Canal Street in Wilkes-Barre for the short ride to Hanover Gro
Scranton man ‘playing with rocks’ smashes windows at post office
WILKES-BARRE A man from Scranton had an excuse as to why he allegedly smashed windows at the U.S. Post Office and a business on South Main Street Thursday night.
Man suffers gunshot wound during burglary of storage unit
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Two men were arrested by township police after investigating drug trafficking and burglaries at the U-Haul self-storage facility on Heinz Drive.
Stabbing suspect known as ‘Geetz’ found hiding in closet under clothes
WILKES-BARRE City police searching for a suspect charged with stabbing a man was found hiding in a closet under a pile of clothes at the Sherman Hills apartment complex.