Man, 30, charged with attempting to lure Shickshinny teenager into truck
SHICKSHINNY A man from Bath in Northampton County was arraigned Thursday on allegations he attempted to lure a 17-year-old girl into a truck earlier this week.
Hazleton man gets 20-40 years in prison for fatal stabbing
WILKES-BARRE Despite a Luzerne County jury finding Gene Hawkins guilty in the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Lashaun Overton in Hazleton, he maintained his innocence Wednesday.
Evidence to be argued in Wilkes-Barre Township homicide case
WILKES-BARRE Alleged evidence recovered without a search warrant in New Jersey related to a Wilkes-Barre Township homicide case will once again be argued by prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Wilkes-Barre police seeking assistance to identify woman
WILKES-BARRE City police are seeking assistance in hopes of identifying a woman captured by a surveillance camera stealing a package from the front porch of a residence on Wood Street near Carey Ave
Police: Woman offered to perform sex act to make car theft charges go away
WEST WYOMING In custody on allegations she stole a vehicle from an auto repair garage, a woman offered to perform a sex act on the investigating officer to make the charges go away.
Kingston man charged with threatening woman with firearm
EDWARDSVILLE Borough police arrested a man from Kingston after he entered a house and held a firearm to a woman s head early Sunday morning.
Police: Man discharges firearm during bar fight
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they say discharged a firearm into the air during a bar fight on North Main Street Friday night.
Man shot in drive-by shooting
WILKES-BARRE City police said a man suffered a gunshot wound in a drive-by shooting on Alexander Street early Saturday morning.
Hanover Township residence “shot up”
HANOVER TWP. No injuries were reported when an unknown person discharged multiple rounds into a residence on Diamond Street late Sunday night, but the residents of the building were left shaken by t
Look Back: Overhead traffic control lights on Market Street Bridge
Wilkes-Barre police patrolman William Zavada, who died in September 2011, sure earned his pay on July 9, 1975, when a drastic change took place on the Market Street Bridge.
Appellate court dismisses child sex offenses against Lehman Township man
A state appellate court dismissed child sex cases against a Lehman Township man but left the door open for township police to refile the charges against him.
No injuries in Wilkes-Barre drive-by shooting
WILKES-BARRE A surveillance camera recorded occupants of a white Nissan discharge multiple rounds from a firearm on Brown Street late Thursday night, city police said.
Senior judge travels from Reading only to continue sentencing hearing in Luzerne County Court
WILKES-BARRE A senior judge from Berks County traveled to Luzerne County on Thursday only to be compelled to continue a case he was specially appointed to preside over.
Homicide suspect seeks to withdraw guilty plea, claiming coercion
WILKES-BARRE Believing he was coerced to plead guilty to third-degree murder, Tremaine Devine Jamison is maintaining his innocence in a deadly shooting at a kindergarten graduation party in 2017.
Wilkes-Barre man indicted on drug trafficking and firearm offenses
SCRANTON A man from Wilkes-Barre arrested earlier this month when drug agents found a large amount of heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine and a stolen firearm inside his residence was indicted by a fede
Police: Pair posed as school district employees in fraud attempt
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested two men when they allegedly attempted to deceive a business by picking up merchandise for the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.
Police: Broken vehicle mirror led to stabbing
HAZLETON City police say they arrested Marlin Suero, 23, on charges he stabbed a man in the abdomen on Monday.
State police: Wilkes-Barre woman had cannabis in her system at time of fatal crash
PITTSTON A Wilkes-Barre woman had cannabis in her system when she crashed her vehicle, killing a passenger while traveling on Interstate 81 more than a year ago, according to recently filed court re
Two men charged with driving stolen vehicle
BEAR CREEK TWP. Two men were arrested on allegations they were driving in a vehicle reported stolen in Pittston.
Suspected ‘serial killer’ charged in Michigan with 2005 killing
A man who prosecutors say meets the definition of a serial killer after the bodies of two women were found in Butler Township was charged Tuesday with the killing of a Michigan woman missing since 200