Guilty plea hearing scheduled in deadly Pittston shooting
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors and attorneys for homicide suspect Joey Bernard Graves Jr. may have reached a plea agreement temporarily postponing a jury trial set to take place next month.
Drug defendant denied request to withdraw guilty plea, sent to prison
WILKES-BARRE A White Haven man free on $100,000 bail related to a drug trafficking offense believed he was returning home Tuesday.
Status of cell phone disputed by lawyers in Wilkes-Barre homicide case
WILKES-BARRE An attorney for homicide suspect Dazon Wykie Turner believes a Wilkes-Barre police detective illegally searched a cell phone simply by powering on the device.
Forty Fort man charged with child pornography
FORTY FORT A Forty Fort man was arrested Tuesday on allegations he possessed hundreds of videos and pictures of children engaged in sex acts, including a lengthy video of a youth being sexually tort
Shamokin man sentenced in Kingston police child sex sting
WILKES-BARRE A man from Northumberland County apologized for soliciting sex from someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl, telling Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough, It was a mistak
Inmate sentenced 15-30 years in prison for wanting hit on detectives, informant
WILKES-BARRE An inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility who orchestrated plans to kill two law enforcement detectives and an informant was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in state prison.
Wilkes-Barre woman charged with assaulting two adults at youth football game
SUGARLOAF TWP. A Wilkes-Barre woman was arrested late Saturday night on allegations she punched and stomped on a woman and struck a man with her vehicle she drove onto a field during a youth footbal
Woman, 18, charged with encouraging pre-teens into sex act
AVOCA Borough police charged an 18-year-old woman with encouraging two children younger than 6-years-old to engage in a lewd sex act in June.
Look Back: Courthouse cornerstone used for rock drilling contest
What were they thinking in 1909?
Philadelphia man stunned by Taser inside Luzerne County courtroom
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough s courtroom was cleared for a short time when a sheriff s deputy stunned a man with a Taser on Friday.
Hazleton man says sex with teen was consensual, receives prison time
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man may have been lucky when prosecutors modified a felony rape charge to a misdemeanor indecent assault count when he entered a guilty plea to sexually assaulting a 17-year-
Student taken to hospital, other may be charged after fight inside high school
PLAINS TWP. One student was transported to a hospital and another student may face criminal charges following a fight that led to a temporary administrative lockdown at Wilkes-Barre Area High School
Convicted child pornographer files appeal with Pa. Supreme Court
A Mountain Top man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of possessing child pornography has filed an appeal with the state s highest court.
Wright Township police charge son with threatening mother, igniting fire inside family home
WRIGHT TWP. A 21-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he threatened his mother with a knife and ignited a fire intending to destroy the family s home on Blytheburn Road over the weekend.
Tractor-trailer hanging off I-81 overpass
BUTLER TWP. Traffic traveling north and south on Interstate-81 is slow moving as a tractor-trailer went off a bridge crossing St. Johns Road in Butler Township earlier today.
Convicted of killing a toddler, Cherry loses appeal
Any assurances convicted killer Lamont Cherry received in 2017 when a state appellate court reignited his appeal for relief came an end Monday.
Plains Township police charge Scranton man, 65, with sexually assaulting girl
PLAINS TWP. Township police charged a man from Scranton on allegations he sexually assaulted and exposed himself to a girl in 2016.
Vacuum bags of marijuana found during I-80 traffic stop
FOSTER TWP. Two people from New York City were jailed Tuesday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on charges they were transporting a large amount of marijuana discovered after a traffic sto