Kingston police seeking information in hit and run
KINGSTON Police are hoping someone can identify individuals from surveillance pictures involved in an incident on Pierce Street.
Significant decrease in reported crime in Wilkes-Barre
Despite an uptick in the number of violent crimes across the country and Pennsylvania the City of Wilkes-Barre is on the other end of the spectrum.
Woman charged with failing to protect children from being sexually assaulted
LEHMAN TWP. Township police charged a woman with failing to protect at least two children from being sexually assaulted by her husband for nearly 15 years, according to court records filed Tuesday.
Woman charged with making straw purchase of firearms
CONYNGHAM TWP. A woman from Bucks County was arraigned Tuesday on allegations she persuaded another person to purchase firearms from a licensed firearms dealer in Wapwallopen intending to send the w
Look Back: Trial for 1864 murder of Civil War officer searching for draft deserter
On the second floor of the Luzerne County Courthouse that once stood on Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, the murder trial of Elias Young began Sept. 16, 1891.
‘You took a great man from us’
WILKES-BARRE Tremaine Jamison apologized to the family of Devon Brown who died from a gunshot wound during a scuffle at a kindergarten graduation party in May 2017.
Plymouth man arrested on plan to kill ex-girlfriend
HANOVER TWP. A Plymouth man was arrested on allegations he planned to kill his ex-girlfriend with a fatal dose of heroin to prevent her from testifying against him at a court proceeding Thursday.
Man arrested on allegations he abused mother
PITTSTON TWP. Township police arrested a man they allege abused, neglected and assaulted his 73-year-old mother for more than two years.
Drug sweep nets $1 million in cocaine, fentanyl and four arrests
WILKES-BARRE Four locations in Wilkes-Barre were hit by drug agents early Wednesday morning as a result of an eight-month investigation into the trafficking of cocaine and fentanyl.
Vehicle fire damages Plains Township bank
PLAINS TWP. A vehicle caught fire damaging the FNCB Bank branch on Route 315 early Wednesday morning.
Earth Conservancy athletic fields damaged by vehicles
HANOVER TWP. An athletic field used by the Hanover Area Youth Soccer Club was vandalized by off-roaders, said Terry Ostrowski, chief executive officer and president of Earth Conservancy.
Man, 19, free on bail facing firearm charge
WILKES-BARRE A 19-year-old man from Wilkes-Barre facing stolen vehicle charges including fleeing authorities during a pursuit was arrested after city police alleged he concealed a firearm.
Teacher charged with stealing stained glass window from E.L. Meyers High School
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre Area School District teacher was charged Tuesday on allegations she stole a stained glass window valued at $4,500 as a memento from the now closed E. L. Meyers High Schoo
No bail set for Wilkes-Barre man on gun, drug charges
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man was jailed without bail on allegations city police found a loaded firearm and medications without a prescription inside his vehicle last week.
High bail set for alleged fentanyl buyer
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A district judge imposed a high bail for a man arrested on allegations he purchased fentanyl.
Boyfriend arrested after alleged ‘hammer attack’
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man after a woman claimed he bound her with duct tape and struck her with a hammer inside a residence on Vulcan Street.
Ganjeh guilty of first-degree murder in girlfriend’s death
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury, after deliberating for just a half hour on Friday, found Dana Ganjeh responsible for the death of Linda Frick more than three years ago.
Closing arguments scheduled today in homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury is expected to begin deliberations today in the homicide case of Dana Ganjeh, whose trial ended Thursday before Judge David W. Lupas.
‘She got injured, by me,’ Ganjeh says from witness stand
WILKES-BARRE Homicide suspect Dana Ganjeh testified in his own defense Thursday, telling a Luzerne County jury he intended to take his injured girlfriend, Linda Frick, to a hospital.