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State police continue searching for confidential informant reported missing in 2014
State police at Wilkes-Barre are continuing to investigate the 2014 disappearance of Danielle M. Drozdowski, who was scheduled to testify before a grand jury as a confidential informant.
No firearm found following Luzerne standoff last week
LUZERNE Suspected fentanyl powder, a ledger sheet and digital scales were found inside 752 Miller St., but no firearm, according to court records.
Larksville man charged with assaulting woman
COURTDALE State police arrested a Larksville man on allegations he assaulted a woman and kept her from leaving a residence on Academy Street for nearly a week.
Glen Lyon man sentenced for assaulting woman
WILKES-BARRE A Glen Lyon man was sentenced to state prison on charges he assaulted his girlfriend and illegally possessed a firearm.
Kingston man sentenced on firearm offense
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who Edwardsville police say threatened a bouncer in a standoff with firearms was sentenced in Luzerne County Court on Thursday.
Wilkes-Barre man paroled for online solicitation of minor
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man arrested by the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigators for engaging in sexually explicit online communications with who he believed was a minor was immediately
Hazleton man sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man who admitted to possessing child sexual abuse materials was sentenced in Luzerne County Court on Thursday.
Former Lebanon County corrections officer sentenced in online child sex sting
WILKES-BARRE A former Lebanon County corrections officer charged by Kingston police on allegations he solicited a minor for sex was sentenced in Luzerne County Court on Thursday.
Hazleton man, 79, sentenced for fondling woman
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man who grabbed the buttocks of a woman was sentenced to two years probation on Thursday.
Woman sentenced in ‘reprehensible and disgusting’ sex, drug cases
WILKES-BARRE A Hazle Township woman charged by state police at Hazleton with sexually abusing a teenage boy for years and wanting him to perform sex acts for cash to support a drug addiction was
Wilkes-Barre Township police charge man, 74, with arson
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police charged a Wilkes-Barre man with setting a fire inside 81 Nicholson St. last month.
Wilkes-Barre man charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE Detectives with Luzerne County and West Hazleton police executed a search warrant Wednesday arresting a Wilkes-Barre man on allegations he possessed child sexual abuse materials.
Woman charged with driving stolen vehicle
HANOVER TWP. Township police say they arrested Michelle Lynn Shotwell, 28, of Edwardsville, on allegations she was operating a vehicle reported stolen.
Nanticoke man gets probation for killing cat
WILKES-BARRE A Nanticoke man accused of using an air pellet rifle to kill a cat was sentenced to two years probation on a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.
Variety of illegal drugs allegedly found in Plymouth residence
PLYMOUTH A man from Plymouth was arrested Tuesday after Pittston police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force allegedly found large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and packaging ma
Police: Father-to-be stopped to sell fentanyl
WILKES-BARRE An 18-year-old man took an Uber ride to sell 10 fentanyl pills before planning to attend the birth of his son at a local hospital, according to court records.
Drug suspect in custody after standoff
LUZERNE After an hours-long standoff with law enforcement in a quiet neighborhood of Luzerne Borough, a man suspected of peddling illegal drugs surrendered peacefully on Tuesday.
Luzerne standoff ends peacefully
LUZERNE After a several hour standoff with law enforcement in a quiet neighborhood of Luzerne Borough, a man suspected of peddling illegal drugs surrendered peacefully on Tuesday.
NY man arraigned in alleged kidnapping, robbery incident in Plymouth Township
HANOVER TWP. A New York man accused in the kidnapping and robbery of a woman in Plymouth Township was returned to Luzerne County to face charges.
New York man extradited on child rape offenses in Luzerne County
A man from New York State was extradited Monday on an arrest warrant charging him with raping a child when he lived in Luzerne County in the early 2000s.