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Jury convicts Nanticoke man of sexually assaulting girl
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury deliberated for approximately 20 minutes before finding Jayson S. Montanez guilty of sexually assaulting a girl numerous times.
Popular kielbasa store damaged by fire in Nanticoke
NANTICOKE Mark Tarnowski hopes to be back in business sooner rather than later after a fire severely damaged his kielbasa store and his daughter s hair salon business early Wednesday morning.
Glen Lyon man, 28, pleads guilty to indecent assault upon child
WILKES-BARRE Brandan Sorber, 28, of West Ridge Street, Newport Township, pled guilty to indecent assault for kissing a girl younger than 16 years old.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to shooting outside bowling center
WILKES-BARRE A man who suffered gunshot wounds while discharging a firearm at a crowd outside Chacko s Family Bowling Center earlier this year pleaded guilty to related charges Monday.
Man pleads guilty to slapping toddler, selling fentanyl
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors withdrew a felony aggravated assault count against a Philadelphia man, who pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault for slapping the face of a 2-
Father sentenced for assaulting 4-week old son
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man will spend up to 10 years in state prison after admitting he caused serious and life-altering injuries to his infant son.
Drug trafficking, drunken driving added against alleged officer shooter
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County detectives padded the number of charges against Jayquan Anthony Jordan who they allege is responsible for a Wilkes-Barre police officer sustaining a gunshot wound earlier
Court records: Inmate plotted to kill two girls, woman
WILKES-BARRE An inmate jailed on felony sexual offenses was arraigned Monday on allegations he plotted to have two girls and a woman killed.
Pittston man sentenced for setting fire to own condemned house
WILKES-BARRE A man from Pittston was sentenced up to 10 years in state prison for setting his condemned house on fire in October 2021.
Suspect in Kingston homicide captured in New Jersey
KINGSTON Luzerne County District Attorney Samuel M. Sanguedolce announced Friday the suspect wanted for fatally shooting a man outside a tavern earlier this month was captured in Hackensack, N.J.
Noxen woman re-sentenced for 2010 fatal crash
WILKES-BARRE A woman from Noxen was re-sentenced to state prison Friday on multiple probation violations stemming from a fatal crash in 2010.
Cocaine shipped from Panama intercepted, Wilkes-Barre man charged
WILKES-BARRE A package of cocaine shipped from Panama was intercepted and delivered to the Wilkes-Barre address that was raided by federal and state law enforcement authorities Thursday afternoon.
Homicide suspect, 17, to remain jailed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility
WILKES-BARRE With no other places available and juvenile detention centers refusing to accept him, 17-year-old homicide suspect Alan Jay Meyers will remain jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional
Customer holds down robbery suspect
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man was held down by a customer after he forcefully stole money from a clerk at the Sunoco service station on Academy Street late Wednesday night.
Police search for mall burglary suspect in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Police from two municipalities searched a large area of South Wilkes-Barre for several hours Thursday morning for a suspect who burglarized a business inside the Wyoming Valley Mall ear
Police: Passenger disrupts traffic stop
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they allege disrupted officers conducting a traffic stop Wednesday night.
Nanticoke man faces federal drug charges
SCRANTON A Nanticoke man was indicted Wednesday on federal drug trafficking charges, according to the United States Attorney s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Woman linked to hit on detectives sentenced on firearm offense
WILKES-BARRE A woman who reportedly delivered cash to a purported hit man in a scheme devised by her incarcerated boyfriend to kill two law enforcement detectives and a drug informant was sentenced
Wilkes-Barre man charged with nearly striking officer, selling crack cocaine
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man awaiting sentencing for attempting to disarm a Plymouth police officer was arraigned on allegations he crashed into a Wilkes-Barre police cruiser during his escape af
Inmate charged with threatening woman
WILKES-BARRE An inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility was charged with threatening a woman who has an active protective-from abuse order against him.