Police charge man with gunpoint robbery during marijuana buy
WILKES-BARRE City police obtained an arrest warrant for a 21-year-old man they allege stole cash, a video game system and designer sneakers during a marijuana sale earlier this month.
Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of cousin
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man charged in a shooting that claimed the life of his cousin during a rap video recording pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday.
Hazleton woman sentenced for fatal stabbing
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton woman said Monday she did not intend to fatally stab Jose Luis Jimenez-Reyes during a domestic disturbance, asking for forgiveness as her own family is falling apart.
Look Back: What happened to confiscated barrels of alcohol in 1922?
A Wilkes-Barre policeman confiscated eight barrels of alcohol valued at $50,000 from a delivery truck at North Washington and Pennsylvania Avenue on Feb. 15, 1922.
Inmates charged with causing riot protesting COVID-19 protocols
WILKES-BARRE At least five inmates were arraigned Friday on allegations they caused a disturbance by throwing plastic chairs and tables in protest of COVID-19 protocols inside the Luzerne County Cor
West Pittston police charge woman with attempting to burglarize vacant house
WEST PITTSTON Borough police arrested a woman who they say attempted to unlock a door at a house listed for sale in the 500 block of Montgomery Avenue early Thursday morning.
Pittston man pleads guilty to child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston man pled guilty in Luzerne County Court to sexually assaulting two girls.
Father sentenced for endangering infant who ingested fentanyl
WILKES-BARRE A Hazle Township man was sentenced to state prison for endangering his baby boy who nearly died after ingesting fentanyl.
Freeland man sentenced for sexually assaulting girl, child pornography
WILKES-BARRE A Freeland man whose lawyer said he was physically, emotionally and sexually abused as a child was sentenced Thursday for sexually assaulting a girl for years and possessing child sexua
Scranton man charged with molesting girl
PITTSTON A Scranton man was jailed without bail on charges he sexually touched a girl who then reported the alleged offense to a school counselor.
Defendant in ‘gun battle’ released from jail days earlier
WILKES-BARRE Five days before Wilkes-Barre police allege Isaiah Derrick Dauphine took part in a gun battle near the Sherman Hills apartment complex, he was released from the Luzerne County Correct
‘Father figure’ convicted of child endangerment, assault
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas wasted no time Wednesday in convicting Kenneth E. Carolus III on two misdemeanor counts he assaulted a 6-year-old boy by shoving the child into a wal
Two men, woman charged in latest Wilkes-Barre shooting
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested two men on aggravated assault related charges and a woman on allegations she endangered a child living in a residence unfit for habitation after the latest shooting
Boy: Stepfather ‘got angry, he slammed me against a wall’
WILKES-BARRE A fidgety 8-year-old boy did his best to remember how he suffered a bruise below his right eye more than two years ago.
Kingston man charged in ‘gun battle’ at Sherman Hills
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man was arrested for his alleged role in a shooting where city police estimated more than 80 rounds were fired, including rounds that struck occupied residences, near the She
State police investigating shooting at adult entertainment club
PLYMOUTH TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre reported a man suffered a gunshot wound to his head in a shooting at Elite Club 4 Play Lounge early Sunday morning.
Woman charged with starving two Guinea pigs to death, abandoning cats
FAIRMOUNT TWP. Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged a woman from Danville with starving two Guinea pigs to death and abandoning 10 cats when she was evicted from a property in Jan
Second person charged with theft of alcohol from train car
DURYEA Police from Reading & Northern Railroad charged a second man with breaking into a train car and stealing more than 130 bottles of wine.
Warrant issued for woman in sex tape extortion case
WILKES-BARRE Next time Emily Ann Merth appears in court, she ll be in custody.
Prosecutors seek protection for inmates, parolees in prison homicide case
WILKES-BARRE Inmates who allegedly witnessed a fatal stabbing inside a cell block at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas have been reluctant to cooperate with investigators, said state poli