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Charges pile up against suspected tobacco bandit
SWOYERSVILLE A man on state parole arrested by Kingston police on allegations of a smash and grab at a convenience store early Monday morning has 17 criminal convictions of burglaries and thefts in
Kingston police arrest man in smash and grab of cigarettes
KINGSTON Police in Kingston arrested a man they say may be responsible for nearly a dozen burglaries at stores stealing cigarettes in recent months.
Man charged with sexually assaulting child
LEHMAN TWP. Township police arrested Christopher Griffith, 25, on allegations he sexually assaulted a girl for several weeks.
Records, attorneys suggest Dawe’s sentence light, but not out of range
WILKES-BARRE Court records of nearly a dozen men sentenced for soliciting minors for sex fail to show a pattern of disparity by Luzerne County judges.
Troopers probe theft of diabetes medicine
CONYNGHAM TWP. State police are looking for information pertaining to a theft which included the victims diabetes medicine and testing supplies this past Thursday.
WBPD believe shooting isolated
WILKES-BARRE A man who suffered a gunshot wound was running away from the gunman, city police stated.
Intoxicated man arrested after causing disturbance with Uber driver
PLAINS TWP. Township police arrested a Wilkes-Barre man who they say was intoxicated and caused a disturbance with an Uber driver in a commercial shopping center on North River Street Wednesday nigh
Prisoner charged with punching, spitting on officer
WILKES-BARRE A prisoner punched and spat on a Wilkes-Barre police officer during a struggle inside a holding cell at city police headquarters Wednesday night.
Scranton man pleads guilty to assault, fleeing police at casino
WILKES-BARRE A Scranton man was sentenced in Luzerne County Court Thursday to three years probation for punching a man inside Mohegan Sun Casino and fleeing police in pursuit.
Plymouth man, 31, sentenced for threatening troopers
WILKES-BARRE A man charged with threatening to kill state police troopers during a several hour standoff last year was sentenced Thursday in Luzerne County Court.
Wilkes-Barre man waives hearing on attempted homicide charge
WILKES-BARRE A man who chased his former girlfriend and stabbed her multiple times inside a hotel waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Tuesday.
Police investigate Wilkes-Barre shooting
WILKES-BARRE City and state police are investigating a shooting in the parking lot of Dollar General on South Main Street Thursday evening.
Dawe gets light sentence on child porn, unlawful minor contact offenses
WILKES-BARRE Acknowledging many community service projects John William Dawe had undertaken and efforts at rehabilitating himself, Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough on Thursday sentenc
Hearing continued in dog death case
WILKES-BARRE A motions hearing to dismiss felony animal cruelty offenses against a man was continued Wednesday due to Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough s order earlier this week limiti
Boston physician to testify via video in Wilkes-Barre child assault case
WILKES-BARRE A physician from Boston Children s Hospital choosing not to travel to Luzerne County as a defense expert in a child assault case due to COVID-19 will be permitted to testify via video.
Police: Nanticoke man sent explicit photos to girl
NEWPORT TWP. Township police and detectives from Luzerne County arrested a Nanticoke man Monday after he allegedly sent sexually explicit photos of himself to an underage girl.
SCI Dallas inmate accused of attacking corrections officers
WILKES-BARRE An inmate at SCI Dallas is facing a litany of new charges after he fabricated a weapon and used it to attack officers, lacerating one in the face and head.
SCI Dallas inmate held in murder case charged in altercation with corrections officer
WILKES-BARRE A man serving 99 years to life for second degree murder is now facing additional charges after getting physical with a corrections officer at SCI Dallas in late 2019.
McDonald sentenced in ‘imperfect self-defense’ deadly shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of voluntary manslaughter in a deadly shooting outside a sports bar in 2018 was sentenced in Luzerne County Court Tuesday.
Guilty plea in deadly Pittston shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Pittston man charged with fatally shooting another man helping his girlfriend carry hair salon products into her residence pleaded guilty to third-degree murder.