Ex-caregiver pleads guilty to stealing from dependent person
WILKES-BARRE A former home health care provider pleaded guilty for her role in using bank and credit cards of a dependant man for personal purchases.
Man pleads no contest to child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Rice Township man awaiting sentencing in Columbia County Court on child sex offenses pled no contest to similar charges in Luzerne County Court.
Laflin woman pleads no contest to Harveys Lake stabbing
WILKES-BARRE A Laflin woman who flip-flopped lawyers days before her trial on charges she stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the neck decided not to challenge the allegations by pleading no contest to an a
Judge denies to continue trial in Harveys Lake stabbing case
WILKES-BARRE A Laflin woman s flip flopping of attorneys at the 11th hour was not enough to get her trial continued this week.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to indecent assault, possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man has agreed to lifetime registration of his address when he is sentenced on multiple counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials and inappropriately touching a y
Nescopeck man faces 3,500 years in prison
WILKES-BARRE On paper, the potential exists for a Nescopeck man to be sentenced to three and one-half millenniums in state prison.
Woman charged with endangering juvenile with handgun
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a woman they say pulled a handgun on a juvenile following a fight involving her son at a park Sunday.
Look Back: Water Street Bridge opened in 1914
Penn Bridge Company began shipping iron and steel beams to Pittston in March 1914 for construction of the new Water Street Bridge spanning the Susquehanna River between Pittston and West Pittston.
Martial arts instructor pleads guilty to multiple sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston Township man charged with sexually assaulting several women, including when they were children decades ago, pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court on Thursday.
Blanchette not guilty in dog-strangling case
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury decided for compassion over animal cruelty in finding Dennis Blanchette not guilty of strangling his sick dog to death.
Avoca man, 73, charged with child rape
AVOCA Borough police arrested a 73-year-old man on allegations he raped and sexually assaulted a child for several years.
Closing arguments set for Thursday in dog death trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury heard Dennis Blanchette admit to strangling his dog, Sky, a 3-year-old Husky mix, to death behind his former residence on South Meade Street in Wilkes-Barre in Aug
Jury convicts Macon on firearm offense at gas station shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury deliberated for about one hour before announcing they found Malik Macon guilty of illegally possessing a loaded firearm at the scene of a Hanover Township shooting
Single question asked by defense lawyer in Hanover Township firearm trial
WILKES-BARRE An attorney defending Malik Macon on an illegal firearm possession charge is hoping a face mask will create doubt among a Luzerne County jury.
Jury selection begins in dog death trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County trial is scheduled to begin today for Dennis Joseph Blanchette, 30, charged with strangling a 3-year-old Husky mix to death in August 2019.
Plains Township man pleads guilty to box cutter assault
WILKES-BARRE A Plains Township man charged with stabbing a man with a box cutter during an argument about a campfire pled guilty to aggravated assault in Luzerne County Court on Monday.
West Pittston man pleads guilty to giving date rape drug, sexually assaulting two girls
WILKES-BARRE A West Pittston man accused of giving date rape drugs and sexually assaulting two teenage girls inside his Fremont Street residence pled guilty to related charges Tuesday.
Pittston man pleads guilty to firearm offense
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston man who Wilkes-Barre police alleged shot out windows on a Toyota minivan on Sambourne Street last year pled guilty to firearm offenses in Luzerne County Court on Monday.
‘Dirty old man’ pleads guilty to unlawful contact with boy
WILKES-BARRE A man from Binghamton, N.Y., who called himself a dirty old man while conversing with whom he believed was a 15-year-old boy, pleaded guilty to unlawful contact with a minor in Luzern
Trial begins in Hanover Township gasoline service station shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury is scheduled to be selected Tuesday for the trial of Malik Macon, charged with exchanging gunfire with another man at a gasoline service station in Hanover Townshi