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Party of five busted on drug trafficking offenses in Pittston
PITTSTON City police and the department s Special Investigations Unit and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force along with other law enforcement agencies arrested five people on drug trafficking offens
School administrator surrenders in ‘vigilante predator’ case
KINGSTON A former school administrator in the Valley View School District surrendered Thursday on charges he solicited what he believed was a minor for sex.
Police: Surveillance camera records WB burglary
WILKES-BARRE A city man was arraigned Wednesday on charges he ransacked an apartment on East Union Street earlier this month.
Juvenile shot in Hazleton
HAZLETON City police said a juvenile was transported to a regional trauma center for a gunshot wound.
Dauphin County man convicted on traffic summaries involving struck construction worker
PLAINS TWP. A man from Dauphin County who state police say struck a construction worker in an active construction zone on the North Cross Valley Expressway earlier this year was found guilty on four
Police: Man who threatened patrons at WB bar had illegal firearm
WILKES-BARRE A Nanticoke man arrested after he reportedly threatened patrons and employees at a bar in Wilkes-Barre was found to be in illegal possession of a firearm, according to Wilkes-Barre City
9 charged with child solicitation, including former school official
KINGSTON Kingston police along with other law enforcement agencies began a roundup of child predators on charges they solicited sex from children on the internet.
Pittston man arrested on domestic assault charges
PITTSTON City police arrested a man after a woman claimed he pushed her into a bathtub and threatened her with a firearm during a domestic disturbance Sunday.
Wilkes-Barre man, 19, charged with robbery at Exeter car wash
EXETER Borough police arrested a 19-year-old man they say robbed a man lured to a car wash to sell a cellular phone last week.
Wilkes-Barre man charged with racing stolen vehicle
HANOVER TWP. A Wilkes-Barre man was charged with racing in a stolen vehicle he crashed on Sans Souci Parkway early Saturday morning.
Court records: Reaction to marijuana cookie behind fatal stabbing
NUANGOLA A suspect arrested in a homicide over the weekend told state police investigators he fatally stabbed a woman after consuming a marijuana laced cookie, according to court records.
Police: Man initiates pursuit during response to gunfire
WILKES-BARRE City police say Stefon Taylor, age unknown, is facing charges he allegedly initiated a pursuit while officers responded to reports of gunfire in the first block of North Grant Street ea
Ex-inmate: Stabbing victim was ‘purple like a smurf’
WILKES-BARRE A dispute about telephone privileges inside G-Block at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas was behind an inmate-on-inmate fight that led to a fatal stabbing earlier this year.
Kingston Township police charge familiar man with ransacking house
KINGSTON TWP. Township police obtained an arrest warrant for Scott Alan Bolton, 57, charging him with stealing items from a residence on Mount Olivet Road earlier this month.
Plymouth man charged with child pornography
PLYMOUTH A man from Plymouth was arrested Thursday on allegations he downloaded images and videos of children engaged in sex acts on his cell phone.
Former C&Y director pleads guilty to child endangerment, obstruction
HARRISBURG Former Luzerne County Children & Youth director Joanne Van Saun pleaded guilty to child endangerment and obstruction offenses related to failing to investigate hundreds of reports of chil
Dallas man sentenced on child pornography charges
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas ignored a request by a defense attorney for a sentence of 43 days of time already served for a Dallas man who admitted to viewing and sharing child p
Kingston police arrest man who threatened to kill mother, others in mass shooting
KINGSTON Police in Kingston say they thwarted a threat by a man who pledged to kill his mother and others in a mass shooting.
Attorneys for homicide suspect Kyon McDonald seek to dismiss case
WILKES-BARRE Depending how one reviews the calendar mixed with an emergency judicial declaration suspending defendants rights to a speedy trial a homicide case from Plymouth could be in jeopardy
Ex-WB police officer being sued for malicious prosecution
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre Township woman cleared on child endangerment charges stemming from prescription pills found during a diaper change of her baby has filed a civil lawsuit against the arres