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Neighbors’ dispute leads to arrest in Wilkes-Barre Township
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police arrested Thomas Matthew Filip on allegations he threatened to pick off neighbors on Metcalf Street Wednesday night.
Police: School trespasser calls 911 on officers
WILKES-BARRE A woman who served time in jail for shoving a then 12-year-old girl, an incident that was recorded by a store s surveillance cameras in 2017, was arrested when she refused to leave priv
Former WBPD officer Robert Collins’ trial set to take place at Mohegan Sun Arena
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas said the trial for former Wilkes-Barre lawman Robert Matthew Collins will be held at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
Police: Man strangled woman, stole $20 from purse
PLYMOUTH Borough police arrested Pedro Juan Santos, 51, on charges he strangled a woman and took $20 from her purse during a domestic disturbance inside a residence on West Shawnee Avenue on Monday.
Shell casings recovered from Toyota involved in Hanover Township fatal shooting
HANOVER TWP. State police recovered two shell casings from a 9mm and one shell casing from a .380 inside a Toyota Camry where Fernando Vasquez-Vittini was found lying outside covered in blood after
WBPD searching for man suspected in discharging firearm into house
WILKES-BARRE City police say they are seeking the whereabouts of Carlos Hernandez, 26, who is wanted for discharging a round from a firearm into an occupied residence on Lehigh Street.
Police: Parents smoked ‘meth’ while caring for child
DURYEA Borough police arrested two people on child endangerment and drug possession charges after a man called 911 reporting his wife was using narcotics with other men in the attic of their apartme
Police: Teen, 17, arrested after assaulting women with machete, spat saliva at officers saying she has ‘herpes and COVID-19’
PLYMOUTH A 17-year-old girl was arrested and charged as an adult on allegations she assaulted two people with a machete, including spitting saliva at officers saying she has herpes and COVID-19.
Hanover Township man injured in North Cross Valley fiery crash
FORTY FORT State police at Wyoming reported David O. Wickham, 32, suffered serious injuries when a vehicle crashed and erupted in flames on Route 309 early Wednesday morning.
Shooting reported near WB General
WILKES-BARRE City police reported a 41-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound on West Chestnut Street Tuesday night.
Sweet Valley man charged with stalking and revenge porn
A man from Sweet Valley was arraigned Tuesday on suspicion of posting nude pictures of an ex-girlfriend and hacking into the woman s social media account.
Police: Homeowner fires shot after trespasser pries open door
WILKES-BARRE A homeowner on Carbon Lane discharged a round from a firearm when a man entered his house Sunday night, according to court records.
Police: Shirtless man yelling at ex-girlfriend found with cocaine, marijuana
HAZLETON City police say they arrested Joel Castillo Pena, 27, when he was allegedly found in possession of cocaine, heroin and marijuana early Monday morning.
State police search Hanover Township house after Scranton man fatally shot
HANOVER TWP. State police criminal investigators returned to a residence on Boland Avenue on Monday removing evidence possibly connected to a shooting that killed a man and injured another.
Woman pleads guilty in grandfather’s homicide, sentenced to 35-80 years in state prison
WILKES-BARRE A woman admitted in Luzerne County Court she participated in the killing of her grandfather in April 2019, making it the third guilty plea in the case.
One dead, one injured in Hanover Township shooting
HANOVER TWP. State police said one man has died and another man injured in a shooting on a residential street Sunday afternoon.
Mother sentenced after toddler found wandering in WB street
WILKES-BARRE A mother charged by city police after her 2-year-old daughter was found wandering a street unsupervised has been sentenced in Luzerne County Court.
Attorney seeks dismissal of weapons of mass destruction charge against alleged supermarket spitter
WILKES-BARRE An attorney defending a Hanover Township woman accused of coughing and spitting saliva on food items inside a supermarket earlier this year believes prosecutors have misapplied the law.
Lottery ticket theft results in discovery of heroin, suspect in drug death captured
WILKES-BARRE TWP. An investigation into the theft of scratch-off lottery tickets from a gasoline service station resulted in the capture of a suspect wanted for causing the death of a person in Unio
State police investigating threat to district attorney
WILKES-BARRE State police at Wyoming say they are investigating a threat directed at the Luzerne County district attorney and a member of the state police.