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Boy: Stepfather ‘got angry, he slammed me against a wall’
WILKES-BARRE A fidgety 8-year-old boy did his best to remember how he suffered a bruise below his right eye more than two years ago.
Kingston man charged in ‘gun battle’ at Sherman Hills
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man was arrested for his alleged role in a shooting where city police estimated more than 80 rounds were fired, including rounds that struck occupied residences, near the She
State police investigating shooting at adult entertainment club
PLYMOUTH TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre reported a man suffered a gunshot wound to his head in a shooting at Elite Club 4 Play Lounge early Sunday morning.
Woman charged with starving two Guinea pigs to death, abandoning cats
FAIRMOUNT TWP. Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged a woman from Danville with starving two Guinea pigs to death and abandoning 10 cats when she was evicted from a property in Jan
Second person charged with theft of alcohol from train car
DURYEA Police from Reading & Northern Railroad charged a second man with breaking into a train car and stealing more than 130 bottles of wine.
Warrant issued for woman in sex tape extortion case
WILKES-BARRE Next time Emily Ann Merth appears in court, she ll be in custody.
Prosecutors seek protection for inmates, parolees in prison homicide case
WILKES-BARRE Inmates who allegedly witnessed a fatal stabbing inside a cell block at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas have been reluctant to cooperate with investigators, said state poli
Old Forge man expected to plea guilty in drunken fatal crash
WILKES-BARRE A man from Old Forge may plea guilty in a drunken crash that killed his girlfriend in 2019.
Kingston man waives hearing in Giants Despair fatal crash
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man charged with losing control of a concrete mixer that crashed into another vehicle killing the driver on East Northampton Street waived his right to a preliminary hearing
Duryea police charge Scranton man with impersonating deputy sheriff
DURYEA Borough police charged a Scranton man with impersonating a Lackawanna County deputy sheriff during an alleged road rage incident Thursday.
Two arrested after violent domestic dispute in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Allegations of infidelity resulted in a woman and her boyfriend being arrested after a violent domestic disturbance Thursday.
Attorney: ‘Drug addiction had a grip’ on Jamilowski
WILKES-BARRE Known for his rapid pace during court proceedings, Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough was forced to slow his style when he sentenced Nicholas Andrew Jamilowski on Thursday.
Delaware County man sentenced for soliciting girl for sex in Nanticoke
WILKES-BARRE A man from Delaware County arrested when he showed up in Nanticoke intending to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex was paroled at his sentencing hearing Thursday.
Edwardsville man sentenced on child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE An Edwardsville man who Kingston police arrested nearly two years ago for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl was sentenced Thursday.
Judge issues arrest warrant for no-show defendant
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas issued a capias warrant for Carmen Inocente when she failed to appear in court Thursday, her fourth no-show despite excuses she is too ill to face a
Two charged following Pittston drug probe
PITTSTON Law enforcement officers acting on a narcotics-related search warrant were able to bring two offenders into custody Thursday morning.
Judge sanctions lawyer for missing sentencing hearing
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph Sklarosky Jr. sanctioned an attorney for failing to appear for his client s sentencing hearing Wednesday.
Hazleton man sentenced on child sex offenses
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man who admitted to sexually assaulting two teenage girls for several years was sentenced to state prison Tuesday.
Homicide suspect undergoing second mental health examination
WILKES-BARRE A man who was deemed too mentally ill to face trial on charges he fatally stabbed his nephew but later found competent to go forward is once again undergoing a competency evaluation.
Hanover Township police release more pictures in attempted bank robbery
HANOVER TWP. Township police released more pictures of a man they say attempted to rob a branch of M&T Bank earlier this week.