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Homicide ruled in Nanticoke fatal shooting
NANTICOKE Luzerne County Coroner Jill Matthews ruled the shooting death of a 37-year-old man in Nanticoke a homicide.
Drug users have treatment option to avoid arrest
WILKES-BARRE This year marks Jessica Miraglia s 17th year of being sober giving thanks to a life altering event 18 years ago when drug agents with the state Office of Attorney General surrounded her
Two men charged after threatening store clerk with gun after cart breaks
HAZLE TWP. Two men from Hazleton were arrested after one threatened a Walmart clerk with a firearm when a motorized cart became disabled and the other man attempted to flee the store with the weapon
Oliver formally arraigned in Foster Township fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Foster Township man accused in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend was formally arraigned Friday in Luzerne County Court.
Nanticoke officer injured during ATV driver arrest
NANTICOKE A Nanticoke police officer injured when his right leg was pinned between two vehicles managed to arrest an alleged drunken driver of an ATV on Thursday.
Prosecutors withdraw rape case against Wilkes-Barre man
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors withdrew rape related charges against a Wilkes-Barre man who was accused by a woman of sexually assaulting her in 2021.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking, firearm offenses
SCRANTON A Wilkes-Barre man pled guilty to federal charges of fentanyl distribution and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug-trafficking crime.
Jury acquits couple in Wilkes-Barre shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury acquitted a Wilkes-Barre man and a woman in a shooting that injured a man on Lynch Lane in the city nearly two years ago.
Admitted pornographer sentenced for producing child sexual abuse materials he shared
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who admitted to possessing and producing child sexual abuse materials when he took explicit pictures of a girl he shared online with others was sentenced Thursday.
Pittston man sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE When Paul Andrew Schell was arrested by Luzerne County detectives on allegations he searched, downloaded and shared child sexual abuse materials, he knew he had thrown his life away.
New Jersey man charged with attempted homicide in Pringle shooting
PRINGLE Police in Kingston arrested a man from New Jersey Thursday on attempted homicide charges in connection to a shooting that injured a man in Pringle earlier this month.
West Pittston woman killed on I-81
RICE TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre identified Laura L. Yocius, 47, as the person who was killed when struck by a vehicle on Interstate 81 early Thursday morning.
Man, 19, charged in sexual relationship with minor
DALLAS An age difference of four years resulted in a 19-year-old man from Avoca being arraigned Thursday for having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Wright Township police seek suspects in vandalism, theft at self storage units
WRIGHT TWP. Police in Wright Township are searching for the suspects captured on surveillance cameras cutting locks and stealing items from self storage units early Monday morning.
Search warrants identify body found in Pringle
PRINGLE Search warrants obtained by Kingston police and Luzerne County detectives identify the body found in the middle of a street in Pringle on Feb. 12 as Naheim Jamal Beals, 30, of Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre man gets 25 years for drug trafficking
SCRANTON A Wilkes-Barre man convicted by a federal jury on drug trafficking offenses was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.
Three men with Luzerne County ties make state police Ten Most Wanted list
One is wanted on rape charges in Hazleton, another wanted for a homicide in West Hazleton and a third being sought after allegedly shooting a woman outside an adult night club in Old Forge.
Judge revokes bail for father charged in baby’s fentanyl overdose death
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. pondered after reviewing two separate drug tests reports, one indicating Gary Edward Travinski Jr. had fentanyl and the other showing low to
Berwick man pleads guilty, sentenced in Hazleton fatal beating
WILKES-BARRE Hazleton police said Joshua Hugh Keziah took a cell phone picture after brutally beating Frantz Orcel, who was knocked unconscious and died in February 2021.
Ashley police arrest man after finding firearm, marijuana edibles
ASHLEY A traffic stop for an expired registration resulted in the arrest of an Edwardsville man after police in Ashley allegedly found a firearm, packaged marijuana edibles and $25,000 cash.