Man charged with illegally using shopping cart among retail theft cases
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Banned for life from entering Walmart, a Wilkes-Barre man pushing a shopping cart exchanged a stolen small air conditioner for a bigger unit failing to pay for the item before leav
Two arrested after gunfire in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Two men claiming they went to a South Meade Street residence to record music engaged in a gun battle with three unknown men Tuesday night.
Suspect in Edwardsville shooting arraigned on unrelated case
EDWARDSVILLE Borough police say no one was injured in a shooting at 41 E. Grove St. late Monday night, the same residence where a Wilkes-Barre man allegedly terrorized and assaulted an ex-girlfriend
Police: Man slashes woman in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man from Hanover Township on allegations he slashed a woman twice as they walked on South Franklin Street early Saturday morning.
Firearms missing from Luzerne Borough police evidence room
LUZERNE BORO. Luzerne County detectives are looking into the whereabouts of more than a dozen firearms reportedly seized by Luzerne Borough Police last year that were not found inside their evidence
Newport Township man pleads no contest to child pornography
WILKES-BARRE A Newport Township man is not contesting allegations he downloaded an image of a semi-nude girl.
West Pittston man sentenced for armed robbery
WILKES-BARRE A West Pittston man who admitted to robbing a convenience store with a knife was sentenced to up to eight years in state prison.
Look Back: 78th anniversary of D-Day
Residents of the Wyoming Valley awakened June 6, 1944, to learn the Allies had begun the European invasion against the German Army that occupied France.
Police: Woman sold methamphetamine in front of three children
PITTSTON City police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force arrested a woman they allege sold methamphetamine while caring for three children from a residence that was later deemed unfit for habitat
Trial set for former band director on corruption offenses
WILKES-BARRE A former band director at Crestwood High School charged with inappropriately touching a student pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
Benton man seeks to withdraw guilty plea to felony drug trafficking charges
WILKES-BARRE A man from Benton, Columbia County, claimed he was pressured by his former defense attorney into pleading guilty to trafficking illegal drugs.
Deadly weapons enhancement lands man in jail
WILKES-BARRE A 23-year-old man could have been sentenced to house arrest and probation until prosecutors applied a tactic that landed him in jail for up to 18 months.
Nanticoke woman sentenced for delivering prescription drugs to SCI-Dallas officer
WILKES-BARRE Several times during the sentencing hearing for Nicole Hagenbach, the proceeding was stopped to refocus on her being punished for delivering prescription pills instead of the overdose d
New York City man charged in Pittston Township shooting
PITTSTON TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre have charged Christopher Nelson Carmona with attempting to kill a woman he allegedly shot twice outside a nail salon business Wednesday afternoon.
Clarks Summit man sentenced for sharing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE A Clarks Summit man s cooperation with Luzerne County detectives combined with intellectual and physical disabilities earned him a reduced sentence for possessing and sharing child sexu
South Carolina man, 21, charged by Harveys Lake police with child rape
HARVEYS LAKE A man from South Carolina was arraigned Wednesday on allegations he sexually assaulted a child multiple times for years.
Years added onto Wilkes-Barre man’s firearm sentence
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas on Tuesday structured a sentence for a Wilkes-Barre man to remain in state prison for several additional years.
Look Back: Colliery dedicated to general while thousands pay homage to fallen veterans in 1942
It was a busy day in the Wyoming Valley on Sunday, May 24, 1942, where fallen U.S. servicemen and women were remembered and a coal colliery was renamed after a U.S. Army general.
State police arrest man in act of stealing from storage unit
HAZLE TWP. A Hazle Township man admitted to stealing items from a storage unit because he was late paying fines, according to court records.
Hanover Township man acquitted in alleged Mountain Top assault
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury acquitted a Hanover Township man on charges he assaulted a Wright Township homeowner following a trial before Judge David W. Lupas on Thursday.