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Search warrant issued for homicide suspect’s credit card transactions
WILKES-BARRE As alleged evidence recovered without a search warrant remains in limbo related to a 2018 Wilkes-Barre Township homicide case, investigators continue to gather information related to th
Sugarloaf Township man pleads guilty, sentenced in I-81 hit-run fatal
WILKES-BARRE A Sugarloaf Township man will spend two to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide related to the death of a construction worker on Interstate 81 last yea
Hazleton man pleads guilty in online child sex sting
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man decided to plead guilty to soliciting who he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex instead of facing a Luzerne County jury trial.
Trial postponed when alleged shooter granted request for new lawyer
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury trial set to begin Tuesday for a Hazleton man accused of attempting to kill his teenage girlfriend was delayed when defense lawyers were permitted with withdraw fr
Police: Undocumented immigrant arrested during traffic stop
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A traffic stop for an inoperable headlight resulted in an alleged undocumented immigrant being detained early Tuesday morning.
Police: Woman causes disturbance inside Swoyersville tavern over bar tab
SWOYERSVILLE Borough police arrested a woman on allegations she assaulted the owner of a tavern, patrons and police officers when she failed to pay her $8.50 tab late Monday night.
Defendant in Nuangola homicide waives hearing
WRIGHT TWP. A man from Monroe County accused of fatally stabbing a woman inside her Nuangola, Rice Township, residence in October waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday.
Police investigate shots fired in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police are investigating shots fired in the area of the 500 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday night.
Kingston Township police charge man, 21, with online child solicitation
KINGSTON TWP. Township police arrested a 21-year-old man when he arrived at a location believing he was meeting a teenage girl for sex over the weekend.
3 at large after WB shooting that injured 2
WILKES-BARRE City police are on the lookout for a trio of suspects after a shooting at a South Main Street restaurant early Saturday morning left two people injured.
Police ask for help on child porn investigation
WILKES-BARRE Authorities are requesting the public s assistance in an ongoing investigation pertaining to a Forty Fort man who was arrested recently on charges of possession and dissemination of chi
Wyoming County man pleads guilty to sexual assault
WILKES-BARRE A Wyoming County man admitted Wednesday he sexually assaulted a girl as they drove away in a vehicle from Movies 14 in Wilkes-Barre more than five years ago.
Council challenges judge’s denials to withdraw homicide plea
A Philadelphia man recently sentenced to life in prison after admitting to fatally shooting a 26-year-old woman in Wilkes-Barre has appealed denials by a Luzerne County judge to withdraw the plea agre
Son who killed father in Larksville found dead in prison cell
A former Larksville resident who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to fatally shooting his father was found dead inside his cell at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill last weekend.
Suspect in road rage shooting sentenced to state prison
WILKES-BARRE A man from Rhode Island charged with discharging a firearm during a road rage incident in Kingston was sentenced to state prison Tuesday.
Guilty plea hearing scheduled in deadly Pittston shooting
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors and attorneys for homicide suspect Joey Bernard Graves Jr. may have reached a plea agreement temporarily postponing a jury trial set to take place next month.
Drug defendant denied request to withdraw guilty plea, sent to prison
WILKES-BARRE A White Haven man free on $100,000 bail related to a drug trafficking offense believed he was returning home Tuesday.
Status of cell phone disputed by lawyers in Wilkes-Barre homicide case
WILKES-BARRE An attorney for homicide suspect Dazon Wykie Turner believes a Wilkes-Barre police detective illegally searched a cell phone simply by powering on the device.
Forty Fort man charged with child pornography
FORTY FORT A Forty Fort man was arrested Tuesday on allegations he possessed hundreds of videos and pictures of children engaged in sex acts, including a lengthy video of a youth being sexually tort