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Jury acquits Wyoming man of laundromat fire
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury acquitted a Wyoming Borough man of setting a fire inside a laundromat more than three years ago.
Lehman Township police arrest man on rape charges
LEHMAN TWP. Township police arrested a man after a woman reported he raped her inside a residence early Saturday morning.
Aggravated assault charge dismissed
WILKES-BARRE A district judge dismissed aggravated assault and related offenses against Isaiah M. Walker when the victims failed to appear to testify at a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Centr
Edwardsville man sentenced for peddling heroin, fentanyl pills
WILKES-BARRE A man from Edwardsville caught possessing two firearms while selling heroin and prescription pills was sentenced in Luzerne County Court on Friday.
Petition filed to seize nearly $13K in alleged drug money
WILKES-BARRE The state Office of Attorney General filed a petition in Luzerne County Court seeking the forfeiture of nearly $13,000 found when drug agents arrested a woman covered with fentanyl.
‘New beginning’ with challenges ahead for 8 drug court graduates
WILKES-BARRE Eight people who likely would have been sentenced to probation or prison for drug possession and various related offenses were honored Friday for successfully participating in Luzerne C
Newport Township man sentenced for child pornography
WILKES-BARRE A Newport Township man who did not contest allegations he downloaded an image of child sexual abuse materials was sentenced to state prison Friday.
After second review hearing, homicide suspect, 17, to remain jailed at LCCF
WILKES-BARRE Issues involving family visits and opportunities for physical activities have been resolved at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for 17-year-old Alan Jay Meyers, charged with the
Indictment: LCCF escapee threatened Biden, Jan. 6 committee chair
SCRANTON A man from Berwick who recently pled guilty to escaping from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility when he fled to South Carolina with his girlfriend was indicted by a federal grand jury
Four men charged with burglarizing apartment building
WILKES-BARRE City police charged four men with burglarizing an apartment building in the 100 block of South Washington Street late Tuesday afternoon.
Disarming police officer charge withdrawn against Avoca man
WILKES-BARRE Avoca police withdrew charges of disarming a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct, harassment and resisting arrest against Julius E. Zuckerwar, 60, during a preliminary hearing T
Robbery charge modified to disorderly conduct
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct involving cigarettes being taken from another person at the Intermodal Bus Terminal in downtown Wilkes-Barre earlier this month.
Translation of text messages, voice mails delay attempted homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury trial set to begin Tuesday for a Hazleton man accused of attempting to kill his teenage girlfriend was delayed again, this time due to text messages and voicemail
Police: Nanticoke man steals two vehicles
JACKSON TWP. A Nanticoke man facing charges he shot out windows at Lake Lehman High School was arrested Sunday on allegations he crashed a stolen vehicle leaving behind an intoxicated friend only to
Hazleton police charge man with sexually assaulting two girls
HAZLETON A man from Orlando, Fla., was arraigned Monday on allegations he sexually assaulted two girls when he lived in Hazleton three years ago.
Convicted bank robber arrested after allegedly smashing windows on ex-girlfriend’s vehicle
NEWPORT TWP. A Hazleton man released from state prison in March after serving two years for robbing a bank in Hanover Township was charged with threatening his ex-girlfriend and smashing windows on
Two accused of drug peddling in Lehman Township
LEHMAN TWP. A variety of illegal drugs were allegedly seized when Lehman Township police along with the Luzerne County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 247 Lakeside Dr., Lake Silkworth,
Charges withdrawn in posting of intimate images
WILKES-BARRE Edwardsville police withdrew five counts of unlawful dissemination of intimate image and harassment against Anthony William Jones, 26, during a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Cen
Pittston man pleads guilty to posting sex video of ex-girlfriend
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston man admitted to posting videos of his sexual acts with an ex-girlfriend to pornographic websites and possessing child sexual abuse materials.
Plymouth police charge Nanticoke man with vehicular homicide
PLYMOUTH A Nanticoke man was under the influence of fentanyl when he crashed his Ford Explorer that killed a pedestrian on Main Street in Plymouth earlier this year, according to court records.