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Homicide suspect describes victim as ‘angry bear’
WILKES-BARRE Homicide suspect Dazon Turner said there was no time to get into his 2004 Jeep to avoid what he described as an angry bear coming at him with a three-foot-long metal pipe.
Selenski associate federally charged with fentanyl distribution
SCRANTON A Dallas man on state parole after admitting he assisted Hugo Selenski in the killing of two men and burning their bodies in 2003 was federally charged with peddling fentanyl.
Convicted killer Mercado to be re-sentenced
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ordered convicted killer Reynaldo Mercado to be re-sentenced to fix a legal technicality.
Wilkes-Barre homicide trial begins, attorneys argue different motives
WILKES-BARRE A metal pipe three feet in length and a breaker bar were shown to a Luzerne County jury Monday on the first day of homicide suspect Dazon Wykie Turner s trial before Judge David W. Lupa
State police: Homicide suspect, 17, got haircut after deadly shooting
BUTLER TWP. A 17-year-old boy from Sugarloaf was arrested at the rest stop in Rice Township along Interstate 81 hours after he allegedly shot and killed his 17-year-old girlfriend inside her residen
Exeter man pleads guilty to molesting girl
WILKES-BARRE A man who Wilkes-Barre police alleged inappropriately touched a girl pleaded guilty to an indecent assault charge.
Woman sentenced on child endangerment charges
WILKES-BARRE A woman charged with endangering three children by residing inside an apartment unfit for human habitation was sentenced in Luzerne County Court.
Uncle pleads guilty but mentally ill in death of nephew
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury trial for homicide suspect Milton Darius Clark was thwarted when he pled guilty but mentally ill Friday.
Woman sentenced in sex tape extortion case
WILKES-BARRE A woman who threatened to expose a self-made sex tape with an attorney unless she was paid money received a state prison sentence on Thursday.
Firearm charges added against Plymouth man
PLYMOUTH Borough police have added firearm offenses against Junior Amos McKoy, alleging he was in possession of a sawed-off shotgun and a handgun with altered serial numbers during a reported stand-
Man sentenced for child sexual assault offenses in Rice Township
WILKES-BARRE A former Rice Township man who did not contest charges he sexually assaulted a girl won t face additional time in state prison.
Gouldsboro man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting girl, 14, in Duryea
WILKES-BARRE A man from Gouldsboro could face more time in state prison after he pled guilty to sexual assault charges by Duryea police.
Convicted drug felon and wife charged with illegally transferring firearms
NANTICOKE Four days before Randy Matthew Rosario pled guilty and sentenced for trafficking crack cocaine, he sold 13 firearms to his wife in order to keep the weapons within his arsenal, according t
Luzerne Borough woman charged with straw purchases of firearms
LUZERNE BOROUGH A second person has been charged with the straw purchases of nearly 20 firearms reported missing from the borough s police department s evidence locker room.
Edwardsville man charged with posting nude pictures of woman
EDWARDSVILLE Borough police charged a man on allegations he posted nude pictures of an ex-girlfriend on social media sites.
Life inmate arraigned on charges he stabbed another life inmate
KINGSTON TWP. An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Jackson Township, was arraigned Tuesday on charges he stabbed another inmate multiple times earlier this month.
Home health nurse charged with stealing medications from Plains Township patient
PLAINS TWP. A home health nurse from Lake Ariel was arraigned Monday on allegations she stole prescription tablets from a patient in Plains Township.
Superior Court upholds prison sentence for convicted child rapist
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Monday upheld the lengthy state prison sentence for Michael Alan Hornick, formerly of Luzerne Borough, who admitted to raping a girl.
Hughestown man arrested in home invasion
HUGHESTOWN Borough police arrested Daniel Rafael Martinez, 48, after he allegedly burglarized a residence and stole a man s wallet while armed with a knife on Sunday.