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Nanticoke police charge man with placing firearm in pregnant woman’s mouth
NANTICOKE A Nanticoke man facing allegations he aimed a handgun at a Nanticoke police officer and two child caseworkers with Luzerne County Children s mouth.
Victim seeks clemency for man convicted of sexual assault
WILKES-BARRE A woman who wanted to speak the truth but was warned she could face trouble herself is seeking clemency for the man who was convicted of raping and physically abusing her.
Police: Man shoots himself in buttocks with stolen handgun
WILKES-BARRE A man who reportedly smoked marijuana all day and had an odor of an alcoholic beverage shot himself in the buttocks with a stolen .45 caliber handgun near Public Square on Monday.
Tractor-trailer struck by locomotive in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Wilkes-Barre City firefighters were called to clean up a diesel fuel spill caused by a tractor trailer s ruptured fuel tank after it was struck by a locomotive at the Conyngham Avenue r
Larksville man pleads guilty to killing niece, sentenced 20-40 years in prison
WILKES-BARRE A Larksville man will spend up to 40 years in state prison after he admitted to fatally stabbing his niece inside his residence in 2021.
SCI Dallas inmate stabs another inmate
JACKSON TWP. An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Jackson Township, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate Monday, state police at Wilkes-Barre reported.
Nanticoke man charged with shooting school windows
LEHMAN TWP. A Nanticoke man facing drug driving charges was arraigned Monday afternoon on allegations he shot out windows at Lake Lehman High School last week.
Calves rescued from ‘deplorable’ Hunlock Township property
PLAINS TWP. Thirty cow calves and a goat were seized from a Hunlock Township property where multiple dead calves were discovered this week.
Edwardsville police charge man with raping child
EDWARDSVILLE A Pittston man was arraigned Friday on charges he raped a teenage girl inside an Edwardsville residence.
Fire quickly extinguished at Sherman Hills high-rise
WILKES-BARRE City firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze that forced the evacuation of the Sherman Hills high-rise apartment building Friday morning.
Woman linked to sex tape case charged with threatening ex-girlfriend
WILKES-BARRE A woman awaiting sentencing on charges she threatened to expose a self-made sex tape was arraigned on allegations she assaulted her ex-girlfriend and threatened to burn her house.
Plymouth man begs to urinate in failed escape attempt
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man tried to avoid arrest when he appealed to a Wilkes-Barre police officer to allow him to use a restroom during a traffic stop.
State police arrest two people on child endangerment, drug possession charges
DALLAS TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre arrested two people after crack cocaine and fentanyl were found during a traffic stop on state Route 309 late Wednesday night.
Forty Fort police searching for woman on theft, burglary charges
FORTY FORT Borough police obtained an arrest warrant for a woman on allegations she stole items from a residence and a landscaping business.
Superior Court upholds sentence for ‘Little Bandit’
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the state prison sentence for Gregory W. Holmes, who appealed his punishment claiming bad advice by his trial lawyer and mistakes by the Luzerne County judge who
Simple assault and resisting arrest charges withdrawn
WILKES-BARRE Avoca police withdrew four counts of simple assault and one count each of resisting arrest and impersonating a public service against Vincent Albert Birtel, 51, during a preliminary hea
Man charged with stabbing in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Wilkes-Barre police arrested Razhem Smith, 38, on charges he stabbed another man in the leg in the area of Academy and Edison streets Monday night.
Man arraigned on domestic abuse charges
WEST WYOMING A man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he assaulted a woman who suffered a fractured nose and bruises on her face and legs earlier this year.
Wilkes-Barre homicide trial to remain on schedule
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas on Tuesday denied a request by an attorney for homicide suspect Dazon Wykie Turner to continue the trial.
Wilkes-Barre man charged with choking, stabbing dog to death
WILKES-BARRE Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged a Wilkes-Barre man with killing a dog that was buried behind a residence on Carlisle Street.