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Dallas Township police looking for hit-run driver
DALLAS TWP. Township police on Wednesday released a picture of a vehicle involved in a hit and run crash and struck several mailboxes earlier this month.
Woman challenges face slashing sentence
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre woman is challenging the application of the deadly weapons enhancement that heightened her sentence for slashing the face of another woman.
Former nurse aide sentenced for assaulting patient
EDITOR S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect the location of the assault.
Butler Township man sentenced for sexually assaulting woman
WILKES-BARRE A Drums man who admitted to sexually assaulting a woman while she slept was sentenced to state prison.
Kingston man pleads guilty in Giants Despair fatal crash
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man accused of losing control of a concrete mixer that crashed into another vehicle killing the driver pled guilty to vehicular homicide in Luzerne County Court on Monday.
Plains Township police arrest man after domestic disturbance involving handgun
PLAINS TWP. Township police arrested Isaiah M. Walker on allegations he threatened three people with a handgun during a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning.
Wilkes-Barre man sentenced for using patient’s bank cards without permission
WILKES-BARRE A non-apologetic Shawn Michael Cook was sentenced to three years probation Friday for using bank and credit cards of a man diagnosed with cerebral palsy without permission.
Man who fired shots at Pittston officer sentenced
WILKES-BARRE A man who authorities said fired shots at a Pittston City police officer pled guilty to an attempted homicide charge and was sentenced to up to 18 years in state prison.
Teen missing since 1969 identified; sources say she was WB girl
HANOVER TWP. A news conference scheduled for Monday by state police at Wilkes-Barre to announce the identity of a human skull found in 2012 has been postponed.
Wilkes-Barre man loses appeal over restitution for stealing lottery tickets
A Wilkes-Barre man must pay $10,000 in restitution to a travel plaza where he claimed he only stole $300 worth of lottery tickets.
Plymouth man sentenced for selling fentanyl
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man with criminal convictions for selling and possessing illegal drugs was sentenced to state prison Wednesday for peddling fentanyl.
Police: Swoyersville man stole $35k from father-in-law’s estate
PITTSTON A Swoyersville man was arraigned Thursday on charges he swindled more than $35,000 from the estate of his late father-in-law.
Court records: Man facing domestic assault charges spat at nurse, officer
WILKES-BARRE A rock was not the only thing Gerald Hotchkiss allegedly headbutted while in custody.
Third person charged in Newport Township home invasions
NEWPORT TWP. A Glen Lyon man who allegedly orchestrated a home invasion on East Main Street and attempted to enter another residence on West Enterprise Street last month was arraigned Tuesday.
NYS man pleads guilty to soliciting minor for sex
WILKES-BARRE A New York state man who conspired with another man to solicit sex from an undercover Kingston police detective posing online as a teenage boy pled guilty to related charges in Luzerne
Animal cruelty charge dismissed against Snyder
WILKES-BARRE A district justice Tuesday found Wilkes-Barre City Controller Darren Snyder not guilty of animal cruelty after his attorney argued the alleged beatings caught on video actually showed h
Union Township man charged with firing shotgun at ex-wife, husband
UNION TWP. State police at Shickshinny charged a man they alleged discharged a shotgun at his ex-wife and her husband over the weekend.
Alleged burglar wanted money to buy methamphetamine
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they say smashed his way inside a closed Turkey Hill store in an attempt to get money to buy methamphetamine.
Man pleads guilty to mugging senior citizen
WILKES-BARRE A Franklin County man who Wilkes-Barre police alleged mugged a 78-year-old man pleaded guilty to related charges in Luzerne County Court on Monday.
Woman banned from Wyoming Valley Mall store
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County judge banned a Wilkes-Barre woman from entering and shopping at JCPenney for two years.