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Judge denies request to add false imprisonment charge
WILKES-BARRE An attorney representing a Wilkes-Barre woman on allegations she pulled a handgun on a juvenile following a fight involving her son successfully defended one potential charge.
Tobacco bandit pleads guilty to smash-and-grab burglaries
WILKES-BARRE A Philadelphia man whose method was to smash glass doors and windows to steal cigarette cartons from convenient stores and service stations pled guilty to numerous counts of burglary in
Felony assault charges withdrawn against Nanticoke man
WILKES-BARRE A Nanticoke man accused of aiming a handgun at a Nanticoke police officer and a child caseworker with Luzerne County Children & Youth Services and placing a handgun in the mouth of a wo
Cocaine, cash seized in Pittston bust
PITTSTON Members of the Pittston City Police Department s Special Investigation s Unit along with the Luzerne County Drug Task Force arrested Maleke Griem, 42, on drug trafficking charges Thursday.
West Pittston man sentenced for sexually assaulting girls
WILKES-BARRE A West Pittston man was deemed a sexually violent predator when he was sentenced to spend up to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting two girls in September 2020.
Parole denied for Hazleton vehicular homicide felon
WILKES-BARRE For all intents and purposes, it was over before it began.
Probation imposed in child sexual abuse materials case
WILKES-BARRE Immediately after being arrested for possessing child sexual abuse materials in May 2022, a former Wilkes University student entered therapy and counseling.
Owner, company charged with keeping hazardous materials at former Huber Breaker site
ASHLEY An owner and company that tore down the Huber Breaker and who rebuffed efforts to turn the historic site into a museum have been charged with violating the state s Solid Waste Management
Convicted murderer charged with discharging shotgun inside occupied house
BEAR CREEK TWP. A Bear Creek Township man is facing charges of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and discharging a shotgun inside an occupied house last month.
Defendant in Hazleton teen’s vehicular homicide up for parole
WILKES-BARRE After serving nearly one year at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for vehicular homicide in the death of a 15-year-old boy, Gabriel Hernandez Mendez wants out.
Judge chides defendant in child sexual assault cases
WILKES-BARRE The status conference for Jack Covert on five separate child sexual assault cases Wednesday did not involve outstanding legal issues but the status of his lawyers.
Plymouth man arrested third time on drug trafficking offenses
PLYMOUTH Three times were not the charm for a Plymouth man, who found himself jailed without bail on his third arrest on felony drug delivery charges since October.
Exeter man charged with sexually assaulting child
EXETER A borough resident was arraigned Monday on allegations he molested a girl for more than two years.
Police: Intoxicated woman left children unsupervised
WILKES-BARRE City police charged Shamone Sherise Rodgers with leaving her three children unsupervised inside her apartment while she went outside to vandalize her own vehicle early Monday morning, a
Lifetime sexual offender sentenced for second sexual offense
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. said he understood the emotions from the father whose daughter was brutally attacked and sexually assaulted by Shawn Terry, a lifetime regis
Former student charged with threats on university campus, burglary in Hanover Township
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man was charged over the weekend in separate offenses involving a residential burglary in Hanover Township and threatening a student on the campus of Wilkes University.
Father charged with attempting to take child out of country
HANOVER TWP. A father who legally lost custody of his son was arraigned Thursday on allegations he attempted to take the child out of the country, Hanover Township police reported.
Pursuit of stolen car in Ashley ends in Sugar Notch
ASHLEY A man from Philadelphia was arraigned Thursday on allegations he initiated a pursuit in a stolen vehicle that ended on a dead end in Sugar Notch.
Alleged tip thief being sought
EXETER Wyoming Area Regional Police released surveillance pictures of an unknown man they allege stole a tip cup from Donut Connection on Wyoming Avenue on Tuesday.
Bear Creek man charged with fleeing crash that injured woman
LAUREL RUN A man from Bear Creek Township was charged as a habitual offender for fleeing a crash that seriously injured a woman in January.