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Police: Man robbed special needs person on transit bus
HANOVER TWP. A Hanover Township man was arraigned Wednesday on charges he followed and robbed a man on a Luzerne County Transportation Authority bus on Lee Park Avenue last year.
Charges filed against Dallas Area Municipal Authority; untreated waste water dumped in Toby Creek
KINGSTON TWP. An unpermitted and uncontrolled sewer overflow bypass pipe secretly installed at the Dallas Area Municipal Authority dumped millions of gallons of untreated sewage that polluted Toby C
County coroner identifies victim of fatal Wilkes-Barre shooting
WILKES-BARRE An investigation is underway after a man died from an apparent shooting late Monday night.
Arson charges withdrawn against volunteer firefighter
WILKES-BARRE Most felony arson related charges were withdrawn against James M. Havens, 36, who was charged by Newport Township police with setting three fires that turned into wildfires in April.
Hazleton murder conviction upheld on appeal
A Hazleton man who proclaimed his innocence after a Luzerne County jury convicted him in the fatal stabbing death of a woman in 2015 lost his appeal with the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
Police: Man attacks mother, spat on officer
PLYMOUTH A Plymouth man with a criminal history of spitting on police officers did so once again when he was arrested on allegations he assaulted his mother Friday.
Jury convicts Wilkes-Barre man of raping child
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury on Friday convicted a Wilkes-Barre man of raping a then 5-year-old girl in 2020 and 2021.
Jury convicts New Jersey man of sexually assaulting child in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury earlier this week convicted a man from New Jersey of sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl when she lived in Wilkes-Barre.
Freeland man charged with robbing two service stations in White Haven
WHITE HAVEN A man from Freeland was arraigned Thursday on allegations he robbed the Exxon Mobil service station in White Haven, his second robbery offense in a week.
Police: Plymouth man claims “bylaws” allowed him to fire warning shot
WILKES-BARRE A man from Plymouth claimed he had the right to fire a warning shot because it was in the bylaws.
Prosecutors cite girl’s diagnosis in case against alleged rapist
WILKES-BARRE Prosecutors in the case of sexual assault suspect Bryan Nee are relying upon a sexually transmitted disease a girl contracted when she allegedly was assaulted by Nee inside a Wilkes-Bar
Nanticoke man sentenced up to a century for sexually assaulting girl
WILKES-BARRE A registered sex offender was sentenced to spend up to 100 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a girl multiple times.
Woman arraigned on charges she slashed friend’s arm
WILKES-BARRE An argument between two women about taking too long to get out of a vehicle led to a slashing.
Separate trials for suspects in Wilkes-Barre homicide
WILKES-BARRE City police detectives continued to question homicide suspect Charles Reilly Bierly despite him wanting to stop, see a judge and take a nap.
Dallas Township police captured South Dakota rape suspect
DALLAS TWP. Township police arrested a Wilkes-Barre man on domestic abuse charges later discovering he was wanted on an arrest warrant charging him with felony rape in South Dakota.
Appeal may delay homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Jury selection is scheduled Friday in the homicide trial of Milton Clark, accused in the death of his nephew who died two weeks after being stabbed in the heart nearly four years ago.
Death investigation at LCCF
WILKES-BARRE An autopsy on the body of an inmate at Luzerne County Correctional Facility revealed she took her own life.
Wilkes-Barre Township police seek suspects in organized retail theft ring
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police are seeking the public s assistance in an attempt to identify two men suspected to be in an organized retail theft ring.
Foster Township homicide trial continued
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County judge Monday continued the homicide trial of Roberto Torner and David Alzugaray, accused in the fatal shooting a man in Foster Township.
Boy, 16, charged as an adult in armed home invasion
WILKES-BARRE A 16-year-old boy was charged as an adult for his alleged role in an armed home invasion where a man was pistol whipped Saturday.