Petition filed to seize nearly $13K in alleged drug money
WILKES-BARRE The state Office of Attorney General filed a petition in Luzerne County Court seeking the forfeiture of nearly $13,000 found when drug agents arrested a woman covered with fentanyl.
‘New beginning’ with challenges ahead for 8 drug court graduates
WILKES-BARRE Eight people who likely would have been sentenced to probation or prison for drug possession and various related offenses were honored Friday for successfully participating in Luzerne C
Newport Township man sentenced for child pornography
WILKES-BARRE A Newport Township man who did not contest allegations he downloaded an image of child sexual abuse materials was sentenced to state prison Friday.
After second review hearing, homicide suspect, 17, to remain jailed at LCCF
WILKES-BARRE Issues involving family visits and opportunities for physical activities have been resolved at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for 17-year-old Alan Jay Meyers, charged with the
Indictment: LCCF escapee threatened Biden, Jan. 6 committee chair
SCRANTON A man from Berwick who recently pled guilty to escaping from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility when he fled to South Carolina with his girlfriend was indicted by a federal grand jury
Back Mountain woman killed in vehicle crash
PITTSTON TWP. A woman from Kingston Township died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Suscon Road on Tuesday.
Four men charged with burglarizing apartment building
WILKES-BARRE City police charged four men with burglarizing an apartment building in the 100 block of South Washington Street late Tuesday afternoon.
Disarming police officer charge withdrawn against Avoca man
WILKES-BARRE Avoca police withdrew charges of disarming a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest against Julius E. Zuckerwar, 60, during a preliminary hearing T
Robbery charge modified to disorderly conduct
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct involving cigarettes being taken from another person at the Intermodal Bus Terminal in downtown Wilkes-Barre earlier this month.
Translation of text messages, voice mails delay attempted homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury trial set to begin Tuesday for a Hazleton man accused of attempting to kill his teenage girlfriend was delayed again, this time due to text messages and voicemail
Police: Nanticoke man steals two vehicles
JACKSON TWP. A Nanticoke man facing charges he shot out windows at Lake Lehman High School was arrested Sunday on allegations he crashed a stolen vehicle leaving behind an intoxicated friend only to
Hazleton police charge man with sexually assaulting two girls
HAZLETON A man from Orlando, Fla., was arraigned Monday on allegations he sexually assaulted two girls when he lived in Hazleton three years ago.
Convicted bank robber arrested after allegedly smashing windows on ex-girlfriend’s vehicle
NEWPORT TWP. A Hazleton man released from state prison in March after serving two years for robbing a bank in Hanover Township was charged with threatening his ex-girlfriend and smashing windows on
Two accused of drug peddling in Lehman Township
LEHMAN TWP. A variety of illegal drugs were allegedly seized when Lehman Township police along with the Luzerne County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 247 Lakeside Dr., Lake Silkworth,
Look Back: Riotous crowd attacked mine foreman in 1900
Lehigh Hara arrived early for work at the Stanton Colliery Washery not knowing if any miners would show up for work on Oct. 22, 1900.
Charges withdrawn in posting of intimate images
WILKES-BARRE Edwardsville police withdrew five counts of unlawful dissemination of intimate image and harassment against Anthony William Jones, 26, during a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Cen
Pittston man pleads guilty to posting sex video of ex-girlfriend
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston man admitted to posting videos of his sexual acts with an ex-girlfriend to pornographic websites and possessing child sexual abuse materials.
Plymouth police charge Nanticoke man with vehicular homicide
PLYMOUTH A Nanticoke man was under the influence of fentanyl when he crashed his Ford Explorer that killed a pedestrian on Main Street in Plymouth earlier this year, according to court records.
More charges filed against Forrester-Westad
BUTLER TWP. Another police agency has filed charges against Joshua Forrester-Westad following his failed efforts to elude capture by authorities Wednesday.
Lehman Township man sentenced for inappropriately touching girl
WILKES-BARRE A Lehman Township man was sentenced Thursday for sexually molesting a girl while she slept.