Two charged with retail theft, intent to deliver drugs
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A day after they allegedly stole items from the Walmart Supercenter, two people returned to steal more merchandise while possessing packaged bags of illegal drugs.
Jury convicts Nanticoke man of sexually assaulting girl
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury deliberated for approximately 20 minutes before finding Jayson S. Montanez guilty of sexually assaulting a girl numerous times.
Popular kielbasa store damaged by fire in Nanticoke
NANTICOKE Mark Tarnowski hopes to be back in business sooner rather than later after a fire severely damaged his kielbasa store and his daughter s hair salon business early Wednesday morning.
Glen Lyon man, 28, pleads guilty to indecent assault upon child
WILKES-BARRE Brandan Sorber, 28, of West Ridge Street, Newport Township, pled guilty to indecent assault for kissing a girl younger than 16 years old.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to shooting outside bowling center
WILKES-BARRE A man who suffered gunshot wounds while discharging a firearm at a crowd outside Chacko s Family Bowling Center earlier this year pleaded guilty to related charges Monday.
Man pleads guilty to slapping toddler, selling fentanyl
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors withdrew a felony aggravated assault count against a Philadelphia man, who pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault for slapping the face of a 2-
Father sentenced for assaulting 4-week old son
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man will spend up to 10 years in state prison after admitting he caused serious and life-altering injuries to his infant son.
Drug trafficking, drunken driving added against alleged officer shooter
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County detectives padded the number of charges against Jayquan Anthony Jordan who they allege is responsible for a Wilkes-Barre police officer sustaining a gunshot wound earlier
Court records: Inmate plotted to kill two girls, woman
WILKES-BARRE An inmate jailed on felony sexual offenses was arraigned Monday on allegations he plotted to have two girls and a woman killed.
Look Back: Murder trial lasted 17 days in 1953
Luzerne County prosecutors made several typographical errors in typing up the arrest warrant, in this case four warrants, for Jonah Roberts, who was charged with killing his wife Mary on June 10, 1952
Pittston man sentenced for setting fire to own condemned house
WILKES-BARRE A man from Pittston was sentenced up to 10 years in state prison for setting his condemned house on fire in October 2021.
Suspect in Kingston homicide captured in New Jersey
KINGSTON Luzerne County District Attorney Samuel M. Sanguedolce announced Friday the suspect wanted for fatally shooting a man outside a tavern earlier this month was captured in Hackensack, N.J.
Noxen woman re-sentenced for 2010 fatal crash
WILKES-BARRE A woman from Noxen was re-sentenced to state prison Friday on multiple probation violations stemming from a fatal crash in 2010.
Cocaine shipped from Panama intercepted, Wilkes-Barre man charged
WILKES-BARRE A package of cocaine shipped from Panama was intercepted and delivered to the Wilkes-Barre address that was raided by federal and state law enforcement authorities Thursday afternoon.
Homicide suspect, 17, to remain jailed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility
WILKES-BARRE With no other places available and juvenile detention centers refusing to accept him, 17-year-old homicide suspect Alan Jay Meyers will remain jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional
Water tanker placed as repairs to ruptured pipe continue in Hanover Township
HANOVER TWP. Hand written signs are posted on many doors of businesses along Sans Souci Parkway advising customers they have no water as a result of a water main rupture of a 24-inch main Thursday.
Hanover Area schools have water restored; main repair work continues
HANOVER TWP. Water has been restored to both Lee Park and Memorial Elementary schools in the wake of an earlier water main break, Hanover Area district officials said Thursday evening, and the build
Customer holds down robbery suspect
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man was held down by a customer after he forcefully stole money from a clerk at the Sunoco service station on Academy Street late Wednesday night.
Police search for mall burglary suspect in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Police from two municipalities searched a large area of South Wilkes-Barre for several hours Thursday morning for a suspect who burglarized a business inside the Wyoming Valley Mall ear
Police: Passenger disrupts traffic stop
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they allege disrupted officers conducting a traffic stop Wednesday night.