Man who grabbed teen in WB to stay behind bars
A New York City man who maintained his innocence after being convicted by a Luzerne County jury of grabbing a 13-year-old girl as she walked home from school will remain in state prison.
Plymouth man who sold 400 to 500 heroin packets a day pleads guilty
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man who authorities say sold 400 to 500 heroin packets a day pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court Wednesday.
Prosecutors forced to withdraw domestic violence charges
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors were forced to withdraw domestic violence and theft cases against Nathaniel David Powell despite efforts by Kingston police to find the alleged victim.
Dallas Township man charged with drunken driving after pursuit
KINGSTON TWP. Township police say they found numerous empty alcohol bottles inside a vehicle after arresting the driver on drunken driving charges early Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors: Cirko ‘smiled’ while coughing on food items
WILKES-BARRE A Hanover Township woman charged with spitting and coughing on food items inside a supermarket at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year did it while smiling, according to cour
Head-on collision involving school bus
PLAINS TWP. A school bus and a tractor-trailer collided head-on closing Route 315 Tuesday morning.
Kingston police nab Lancaster man for online child solicitation
KINGSTON A man from Elizabethtown was arrested Friday when he showed up believing he was meeting a 15-year-old boy to eat, go to a movie and have sex.
Police: Robbery suspect assaults three nurses
HAZLETON Three nurses at Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton were assaulted while attempting to restrain a man taken to the medical facility for a mental health evaluation early Monday morning.
Police: Forty Fort man attempted to disarm officer
WEST PITTSTON An unwelcome guest at a house was arrested on allegation he attempted to disarm a police officer during a fight Sunday.
Man jailed after stand off in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE A several hour standoff ended peacefully when a man wanted on felony drug trafficking and firearm offenses was captured from a residence in North End, city police said.
Look Back: 1919 welcome home celebration for the 109th Field Artillery
In the days leading up to May 20, 1919, stores included Welcome Home in their newspaper advertisements.
Suspect in two homicides meets definition of ‘serial killer,’ prosecutor says
BUTLER TWP. A man who prosecutors say meets the definition of a serial killer was charged with a second homicide and is a person-of-interest in the 2005 disappearance of a Michigan woman.
Alleged prostitute arraigned in sex tape extortion case
WILKES-BARRE A woman accused of threatening to expose a self-made sex tape with a Luzerne County attorney was arraigned on prostitution and extortion related offenses Thursday.
Police: Thief threatened store clerk with knife
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested Erik Joseph Benner, 34, after he allegedly brandished a knife and threatened an employee at Home Depot.
Former secretary of Duryea church sentenced
WILKES-BARRE A jail sentence for Denise Ann Decker, who admitted to stealing nearly $100,000 from Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Duryea while working as a secretary, would be equivalent to a death s
Inmate arraigned on charges he attacked counselor at SCI-Dallas
KINGSTON TWP. A state inmate serving a life sentence for a homicide in Philadelphia was arraigned Thursday on charges he assaulted a counselor inside the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Ja
‘Brothel’ shut down by Wilkes-Barre Township police
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police say they shut down a modern day brothel that was also used to package and peddle illicit narcotics.
Man, 18, sentenced for robbery of college students, firing shots at party
WILKES-BARRE The young age of Amadu Sullaman Jalloh and the fact no one was injured when he randomly discharged a firearm at a house party was a benefit for his lesser sentence.
Detective wrote letter in support of defendant sentenced for home invasion
WILKES-BARRE A home invasion at a South Franklin Street residence almost cost Ibrahim Ibn Sharif his life.
Patient charged with punching nurse
WILKES-BARRE A man from Texas was arraigned Wednesday on charges he punched a nurse while a patient at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital earlier this year.