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Hanover Township man sentenced for drug trafficking
SCRANTON A Hanover Township man was sentenced earlier this month to more than 16 years in federal prison on a drug trafficking offense.
Police seek man caught on camera smashing store window
HANOVER TWP. Township police released surveillance footage of an unknown man who intentionally smashed a window at Pantry Quik over the weekend.
Police: Ashley man arrested after disputes with brother
ASHLEY A man was arrested on Friday night after police say he got into two separate physical confrontations and threatened his brother with a knife outside a Donato Drive residence.
Man robbed by another man during initial sex meet
WRIGHT TWP. Township police arrested a man they say robbed another man during what was described as a meeting for sex on Thursday.
Wilkes-Barre homicide suspect captured in March remains jailed in New York City
Homicide suspect Jeremy Gittens, accused of fatally shooting a man and injuring a woman in Wilkes-Barre more than nine months ago, remains jailed at the Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York
Police: One injured in Wilkes-Barre shooting; suspects sought
WILKES-BARRE City police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured on Thanksgiving morning.
Nanticoke police arrest man on burglary, drug possession charges
NANTICOKE City police arrested Jason Joseph Wojciechowski, 21, on charges he burglarized and ransacked a business and trespassed at another business on Tuesday.
Homicide suspect seeks review by state Supreme Court
Attorneys for Anthony Shaw, accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in Wilkes-Barre Township in 2018, have filed a petition requesting the state Supreme Court to review the case.
Juvenile charged as an adult in armed sneaker theft
WILKES-BARRE A 17-year-old boy from New Jersey was arraigned as an adult Monday for his alleged role in an armed robbery of two pairs of high-priced sneakers last month.
Two fugitives captured by Plains Township police
PLAINS TWP. Two men wanted by separate law enforcement agencies were captured by township police while investigating a noise complaint at the Red Roof Inn on Route 315.
Magisterial district courts closed until Nov. 30; jury trials postponed through January 2021
WILKES-BARRE Substantial rises in positive COVID-19 cases in the region has prompted Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough to postpone jury trials through January 2021 and close magisteria
West Wyoming police charge woman with abandoning dog
WEST WYOMING A woman from Wilkes-Barre is facing animal cruelty charges alleging she abandoned a 6-year-old Boxer/Pit Bull mix on the side of West Eighth Street earlier this week.
President judge sentences Mercado, Reyes for deadly stabbing
WILKES-BARRE A day after a Luzerne County jury found Reynaldo Mercado responsible for the stabbing death of Fred Boote in 2018, President Judge Michael T. Vough sentenced him to life in prison with
Central Court shut down due to possible Covid exposure
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Central Court will close until Nov. 30 due to a possible COVID-19 exposure this week.
Police: Heroin overdose recorded on surveillance camera
DURYEA Borough police charged a woman with endangering a man who overdosed on heroin and leaving him behind after removing evidence from a taxi cab earlier this month.
Appellate court upholds conviction in 2013 fatal shooting
A state appellate court Tuesday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of David Andrew Nealy, 39, who is serving life in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a popular disc jockey in 2013.
Loaded handgun, meth found after crash in Wilkes-Barre Township shopping center
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A man who attempted to elude capture by Plymouth police by swimming across the Susquehanna River while fleeing a hit and run crash in August was at it again Monday night.
Kingston police arrest man on drug trafficking charges
PRINGLE Marijuana packaged for sale and crystal methamphetamine were allegedly found inside a residence on Hurbane Street when Kingston police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force served a search
Police: Suspect in mugging of 78-year-old man held by bystanders
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested Kevin Patrick Jenkins on allegations he robbed and assaulted a 78-year-old man in the area of South Main and West Northampton streets on Friday.
Ashley man charged with threatening to blow up Veterans Affairs Hospital
PLAINS TWP. Police with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs arrested a man from Ashley after he allegedly made threats to gut people and blow up the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.