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‘Police took everyone into custody’
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Five people wanted by law enforcement authorities were apprehended when a township police officer spotted suspicious activity while investigating an unrelated minor vehicle crash T
Drug smuggling scheme using eyeglasses busted at Luzerne County Correctional Facility
WILKES-BARRE Two inmates at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility were arraigned Wednesday on allegations they conspired with a woman to smuggle drugs hidden in eyeglasses into the facility.
Man accused of squeezing pet rat inside fast food restaurant
WILKES-BARRE City police charged a man with animal cruelty involving a pet rat during a struggle with officers inside a fast food restaurant Tuesday.
Kingston man pleads guilty to unlawful contact with boys at park
WILKES-BARRE An evaluation by the state s Sexual Offender Assessment Board was ordered by Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough of a Kingston man who pled guilty to child sex offenses.
Berwick man faces child porn charges
SALEM TWP. A Berwick man was arraigned on 31 counts of child pornography this past Friday.
Police charge man with gunpoint robbery during marijuana buy
WILKES-BARRE City police obtained an arrest warrant for a 21-year-old man they allege stole cash, a video game system and designer sneakers during a marijuana sale earlier this month.
Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of cousin
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man charged in a shooting that claimed the life of his cousin during a rap video recording pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday.
Hazleton woman sentenced for fatal stabbing
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton woman said Monday she did not intend to fatally stab Jose Luis Jimenez-Reyes during a domestic disturbance, asking for forgiveness as her own family is falling apart.
Details emerge in fatal Nanticoke shooting
NANTICOKE State police have released more information about the man arrested on Friday and charged with shooting his father to death inside the father s South Prospect Street home.
Victim’s family offers forgiveness as driver sentenced in fatal DUI crash
WILKES-BARRE An Old Forge man was sentenced to at least four-and-a-half years of state prison time on Friday as part of a plea agreement for a drunk-driving crash that claimed the life of his girlfr
Inmates charged with causing riot protesting COVID-19 protocols
WILKES-BARRE At least five inmates were arraigned Friday on allegations they caused a disturbance by throwing plastic chairs and tables in protest of COVID-19 protocols inside the Luzerne County Cor
West Pittston police charge woman with attempting to burglarize vacant house
WEST PITTSTON Borough police arrested a woman who they say attempted to unlock a door at a house listed for sale in the 500 block of Montgomery Avenue early Thursday morning.
Pittston man pleads guilty to child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston man pled guilty in Luzerne County Court to sexually assaulting two girls.
Man pleads guilty to federal drug charges
SCRANTON A former Kingston resident admitted to conspiring to distribute fentanyl on Wednesday.
Father sentenced for endangering infant who ingested fentanyl
WILKES-BARRE A Hazle Township man was sentenced to state prison for endangering his baby boy who nearly died after ingesting fentanyl.
Freeland man sentenced for sexually assaulting girl, child pornography
WILKES-BARRE A Freeland man whose lawyer said he was physically, emotionally and sexually abused as a child was sentenced Thursday for sexually assaulting a girl for years and possessing child sexua
Scranton man charged with molesting girl
PITTSTON A Scranton man was jailed without bail on charges he sexually touched a girl who then reported the alleged offense to a school counselor.
Defendant in ‘gun battle’ released from jail days earlier
WILKES-BARRE Five days before Wilkes-Barre police allege Isaiah Derrick Dauphine took part in a gun battle near the Sherman Hills apartment complex, he was released from the Luzerne County Correct
‘Father figure’ convicted of child endangerment, assault
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas wasted no time Wednesday in convicting Kenneth E. Carolus III on two misdemeanor counts he assaulted a 6-year-old boy by shoving the child into a wal
Two men, woman charged in latest Wilkes-Barre shooting
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested two men on aggravated assault related charges and a woman on allegations she endangered a child living in a residence unfit for habitation after the latest shooting