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Man arrested on suspicion of DUI after driving car with no front tires
DURYEA A state police trooper conducted a pit maneuver to stop the driver of a Honda Accord who drove off Interstate-81 down an embankment onto Route 315 and back onto the interstate with no front t
National Guardsman charged with sexual assault
WILKES-BARRE A member of the 109th Field Artillery was arraigned Thursday on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman within the same unit.
Baring setbacks, Wilkes-Barre homicide trial on schedule
WILKES-BARRE The only issues that remain before the homicide trial of Dazon Wykie Turner begins later this month involve the number of crime scene and autopsy photographs shown to the Luzerne County
Attorney admonished for 25th hour continuance request
WILKES-BARRE Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Bernard A. Anderson reluctantly agreed to a defense attorney s request to continue the sentencing hearing for Robert James Hutchins on Thursday.
‘Dirty old man’ sentenced for unlawful contact with boy
WILKES-BARRE A man from Binghamton, N.Y., who called himself a dirty old man while conversing with whom he believed was a 15-year-old boy, was sentenced to up to two years in jail Thursday.
Woman sentenced for 14th prostitution conviction
WILKES-BARRE A vehicle crash when Hope Lynn Remus was a teenager started a downward trend leading to a drug addiction and taking to the streets, her attorney said Thursday.
Scranton man sentenced for corrupting minor in Plains Township
WILKES-BARRE A Scranton man asked for forgiveness despite reportedly telling an evaluator with the state s Sexual Offender Assessment Board he wasn t worried about any consequences for inappropriate
Alleged escapee Vargo, girlfriend extradited from South Carolina
WILKES-BARRE An inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility charged with fleeing a work detail and the girlfriend who allegedly aided him were extradited from South Carolina on Wednesday.
Crash claims life of bicyclist
EDWARDSVILLE A Plymouth man was killed when struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle on state Route 11 early Thursday morning.
Former police officer pleads guilty to trafficking fentanyl with firearm
SCRANTON A former police officer in Luzerne County recently pled guilty in federal court to trafficking fentanyl while armed with a firearm.
Father, son killed in Dallas Township shooting
DALLAS TWP. A domestic custody disturbance turned fatal when a father and his 4-year-old son were found dead inside their home on Harris Street due to homicide-suicide Monday night.
Officer injured during arrest of Plymouth man
DALLAS TWP. A Kingston Township police officer was injured while arresting an out-of-control man from Plymouth on Sunday.
Alleged bank robber fled in a LYFT vehicle
HANOVER TWP. A man charged with robbing the M&T Bank branch on Sans Souci Parkway on Friday fled in a LYFT vehicle, police say.
State police investigating infant’s death
HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton are investigating the death of a 3-month-old boy.
Hazleton man sentenced for robbing, shooting dog walker
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Julian Truskowski got his wish.
Man who struck another man with his vehicle gets state prison
WILKES-BARRE An attorney for Willard Bidding Jr., convicted by a Luzerne County jury of intentionally striking a man with his vehicle, asked for a sentence of house arrest.
Gas station shooter sentenced to state prison
WILKES-BARRE Admitting to his role in a Wilkes-Barre slashing and taking part in a shootout at a Hanover Township gasoline service station, Malik Jermaine Macon couldn t believe the lengthy prison s
Police: Freeland man wrote ex-girlfriend’s nickname on bullet
PITTSTON TWP. A man from Freeland was arrested at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton after allegedly kidnapping an ex-girlfriend from her place of employment in Pittston Township on Wednesday.
Bicyclist assaulted in Salem Township
SALEM TWP. Township police arrested a man from Berwick on allegations he assaulted another man riding a bicycle in the area of East Fourth Street and Johnson Avenue Tuesday.
