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Philadelphia man charged with scamming Jackson Township couple
JACKSON TWP. A man from Philadelphia was arraigned Friday on allegations of a grandparent scam involving an elderly couple who surrendered nearly $10,000 in what they believed was bail to secure t
Hazleton man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting minors
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man could face lifetime registration as a sex offender after he pled guilty Friday to sexually assaulting three girls.
UPDATE: Alleged Edwardsville gunman arrested, arraigned
EDWARDSVILLE A suspect was arrested in connection with Wednesday s shooting at the Hilltop Apartments complex.
Wife to face fatal arson charges in county court
KINGSTON A woman accused of setting two fires that took the life of her husband failed to call 911 but instead smoked a cigarette and watched her Kingston apartment fill with smoke, a Luzerne County
Police body cam footage differs from arrest affidavit, lawyer says
WILKES-BARRE Was a firearm in plain view or under a seat?
Pittston man found not guilty of molesting woman
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury deliberated for less than an hour Wednesday before finding a Pittston man not guilty of groping an intoxicated woman.
Police: Man stabbed with scissors as he slept
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they had to stun twice with a Taser on allegations he stabbed a friend with scissors inside a Academy Street apartment early Tuesday morning.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who called himself a sick (expletive) when he admitted he sexually assaulted a girl for years pled guilty to related offenses in Luzerne County Court.
Kingston man admits to robbing Wilkes-Barre service station
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man who was held down by a customer after forcefully stealing money from the Sunoco service station on Academy Street, Wilkes-Barre, pled guilty to a robbery charge in Luzern
Forty Fort man pleads guilty to 500 counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE A private music and voice lesson instructor residing in Forty Fort pled guilty to 500 counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials.
Nanticoke man charged with harassing former supervisor
HANOVER TWP. A former truck driver at an international shipping company was charged with stalking a supervisor.
Court records: Wilkes-Barre shooting over woman at ex-boyfriend’s house
WILKES-BARRE A woman being at the residence of her ex-boyfriend and a refusal to allow the woman s sister to use a bathroom precipitated Friday night s shooting on Kado Street, according to court re
Restaurant employee charged with molesting female co-worker
DALLAS TWP. Township police arrested a cook at a restaurant after a female employee alleged he pushed her into an office and molested her on Thursday.
Man going through fentanyl withdrawal arrested on assault charges
PLYMOUTH TWP. A man feeling drug withdrawal pains was arrested by state police after he allegedly knocked on the front door of a home and punched a man in the head early Thursday morning.
Wilkes-Barre City Council member files PFA petition against husband
WILKES-BARRE Wilkes-Barre City Council member Beth Gilbert McBride filed a petition seeking a protection-from-abuse order against her husband, Joseph McBride, alleging years of mental and emotional
Dallas Area Muncipal Authority waives unlawful sewage disposal charges to county court
WILKES-BARRE The Dallas Area Municipal Authority, which stands accused by the Pennsylvania Attorney General s Office of dumping millions of gallons of untreated waste that polluted Toby Creek, waive
Last review hearing for homicide suspect, 17
WILKES-BARRE A statewide crisis involving the lack of beds in juvenile detention centers will keep homicide suspect Alan Jay Meyers, 17, jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.
District judge jails Wilkes-Barre man without bail on ‘repeated’ assault charges
PLYMOUTH TWP. For the second time this year, state police at Wilkes-Barre arrested a man on allegations he assaulted and strangled an ex-girlfriend inside her West Main Street residence on Tuesday.
Lehman Township man sentenced in Edwardsville drive-by shooting
WILKES-BARRE Believing he was justified in shooting into his aunt s house after he claimed his aunt fired a shot at him, Kimanzi Samuel Muthui was sentenced to state prison on Tuesday.
Knorr sentenced on witness retaliation, drug conviction
WILKES-BARRE Whenever Clayton Leroy Knorr got arrested, he said he always took responsibility by pleading guilty and serving his punishment.