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Employee charged with stealing checks from library
WILKES-BARRE An employee at the Osterhout Free Library was charged by city police with stealing nearly $3,700 from the library earlier this month.
Police: Grandmother caught stealing for granddaughter’s birthday
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police arrested Tracey Ann Simoson on allegations she stole nearly $1,240 worth of items from JCPenney and other stores inside the Wyoming Valley Mall on Wednesday.
Wilkes-Barre couple indicted on federal drug trafficking offenses
SCRANTON Luzerne County prosecutors on Thursday withdrew felony drug trafficking charges against a Wilkes-Barre couple who were indicted by a federal grand jury on similar charges.
Suspect in Wilkes-Barre shooting captured in North Carolina
SCRANTON U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced Thursday that Syncire Nickens, 20, a suspect in a Wilkes-Barre shooting last month, was captured in North Carolina.
Jury convicts Hazleton man of robbing, shooting dog walker
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury Thursday deliberated for nearly 90 minutes before finding Anthony Gambirazio, 30, guilty for his role in shooting a man during a robbery in Hazleton in June 2021.
Police: Suspect laughed when describing stomping on defenseless man
KINGSTON A man is fighting for his life in a hospital after being knocked unconscious and pummeled in the area of Wyoming Avenue and Market Street Wednesday night.
State police: Man ate pot during traffic stop
HANOVER TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre say criminal charges are pending against a driver who decided to eat marijuana during a traffic stop earlier this week.
Ex-caregiver pleads guilty to stealing from dependent person
WILKES-BARRE A former home health care provider pleaded guilty for her role in using bank and credit cards of a dependant man for personal purchases.
Man pleads no contest to child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Rice Township man awaiting sentencing in Columbia County Court on child sex offenses pled no contest to similar charges in Luzerne County Court.
Laflin woman pleads no contest to Harveys Lake stabbing
WILKES-BARRE A Laflin woman who flip-flopped lawyers days before her trial on charges she stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the neck decided not to challenge the allegations by pleading no contest to an a
Judge denies to continue trial in Harveys Lake stabbing case
WILKES-BARRE A Laflin woman s flip flopping of attorneys at the 11th hour was not enough to get her trial continued this week.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to indecent assault, possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man has agreed to lifetime registration of his address when he is sentenced on multiple counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials and inappropriately touching a y
Nescopeck man faces 3,500 years in prison
WILKES-BARRE On paper, the potential exists for a Nescopeck man to be sentenced to three and one-half millenniums in state prison.
Woman charged with endangering juvenile with handgun
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a woman they say pulled a handgun on a juvenile following a fight involving her son at a park Sunday.
Martial arts instructor pleads guilty to multiple sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston Township man charged with sexually assaulting several women, including when they were children decades ago, pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court on Thursday.
Blanchette not guilty in dog-strangling case
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury decided for compassion over animal cruelty in finding Dennis Blanchette not guilty of strangling his sick dog to death.
Avoca man, 73, charged with child rape
AVOCA Borough police arrested a 73-year-old man on allegations he raped and sexually assaulted a child for several years.
Butler Township suing Marsicano over helipad
BUTLER TWP. Former state trooper, commercial airline pilot, Hazleton mayor, and current congressional candidate Mike Marsicano is facing a civil suit related to the operation of a helipad on his But
Closing arguments set for Thursday in dog death trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury heard Dennis Blanchette admit to strangling his dog, Sky, a 3-year-old Husky mix, to death behind his former residence on South Meade Street in Wilkes-Barre in Aug
Jury convicts Macon on firearm offense at gas station shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury deliberated for about one hour before announcing they found Malik Macon guilty of illegally possessing a loaded firearm at the scene of a Hanover Township shooting