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Ashley man charged with fleeing police, spat on officer
WILKES-BARRE City police charged an Ashley man on allegations he initiated a pursuit and later spat on an officer inside police headquarters Tuesday.
Prosecutor shows pictures of half-naked man in girl’s bed
WILKES-BARRE After being raped and sexually assaulted, a teenage girl testified her alleged attacker, Barkimm Tyreak Stallings, apologized before assaulting her again.
Police: Warrants served at home, self-storage unit yielded weapons and drugs
JENKINS TWP. A Main Street resident is in police custody after warrants served on his home address and a self-storage station yielded weapons and drugs last Friday.
Police: Man recorded up woman’s dress inside store
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Surveillance cameras inside Walmart Supercenter recorded a man kneeling next to a woman secretly using his cell phone to record up her dress, according to court records.
‘She was in very poor health’
WILKES-BARRE A licensed Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center testified Wednesday she never experienced the severity and level of injuries a 4-year-old girl sustai
Military grave markers stolen from cemetery
FAIRMOUNT TWP. An estimated 100 brass military designation markers were reported stolen from Mossville Cemetery on Mossville Road, state police at Shickshinny reported.
Officials seek public’s help in Pittston shooting investigation
PITTSTON Officials are seeking the public s assistance pertaining to a shooting incident earlier this month on Kennedy Boulevard.
Prosecutor tells jury about brutal rape of 12-year-old girl
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Susan Luckenbill did not waste any time addressing a Luzerne County jury Tuesday, the first day of Barrkim Tyreaf Stallings trial before Judg
Sentence upheld in Wilkes-Barre drive-by shooting
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. correctly enhanced the sentence for a Pittston man convicted by a jury of conspiring with his cousin in a drive-by shooting in Wilkes-Barre,
Kingston man arrested after gun ‘standoff’ with bouncer
EDWARDSVILLE Borough police arrested a man from Kingston on allegations he threatened a bouncer outside Swizzle Sticks Bar early Saturday morning.
Wife sentenced for wrong way drunken driving crash that killed husband
WILKES-BARRE A Scranton woman accused of driving the wrong way on the North Cross Valley Expressway causing a head-on crash that killed her common law husband and permanently injured another motoris
High bail set for man accused of entering house with firearm
WILKES-BARRE City police say they arrested Christopher R. Clark on allegations he entered a house while armed with a loaded firearm early Thursday morning, according to court records.
Woman allegedly bit an officer and spit on others
SALEM TWP. Police filed charges against Jessica Butts, 45, of Wilkes-Barre, alleging she assaulted officers who responded to a report of a woman with no pants seen running into a wooded area along S
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to charges filed in gas station shooting
WILKES-BARRE A man Hanover Township police alleged took part in exchanging gunfire at a gasoline service station pleaded guilty to related charges.
Mom not guilty on all counts in scalding of infant
WILKES-BARRE Facing years in prison if convicted, a smiling Tyeara L. Folks walked away a free woman after a Luzerne County jury acquitted her of intentionally scalding her 5-month-old son during a
Hanover Township man charged with sexually assaulting woman
WILKES-BARRE Evidence recovered during a rape examination resulted in the arrest of a lifetime registered sexual offender accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot at South Main and Wo
Judge reissues bench warrant for probation violation in 2010 fatal crash
WILKES-BARRE A woman from Noxen facing another jail sentence on allegations she violated probation for a 2010 fatal crash failed to appear before a Luzerne County judge on Wednesday.
Physicians testify infant experienced severe pain by scalding water
WILKES-BARRE Closing arguments are scheduled for today in the Luzerne County jury trial of a New York woman accused of burning her 5-month-old son during a bath inside a Wilkes-Barre apartment.
Health specialist charged with choking patient, 14, inside hospital
KINGSTON A former behavioral specialist at First Hospital surrendered Tuesday on allegations he choked a 14-year-old boy.
Trial: Infant intentionally burned? Or was hot water heater setting to blame?
WILKES-BARRE What was initially believed to be an accident investigation into how a 5-month-old boy sustained burns during a bath turned into a criminal investigation when Wilkes-Barre police detect