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‘Surf’ busted on drug trafficking offenses, held on $1 million bail
KINGSTON Kingston police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force arrested a man on drug trafficking offenses following a seven-month investigation.
Police: Intoxicated woman wanted ‘drunk test’ after fight
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a Scranton woman who they say was intoxicated and assaulted an officer at a night club on North Main Street early Friday morning.
Kingston Township police arrest man in online sex sting
KINGSTON TWP. Township police arrested a Lackawanna County man they allege solicited sex from an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old boy.
Police: Plymouth man pulls alarm at Geisinger hospital
PLAINS TWP. Township police arrested a man they say pulled a fire alarm despite no emergency at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center early Thursday morning.
Debris illegally dumped in Hanover Township
HANOVER TWP. Township police say they are investigating debris illegally dumped along Pine Run Road.
Food delivery employee robbed in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police say a man delivering food was robbed by several men armed with handguns in the 300 block of Stanton Street Wednesday night.
Wilkes-Barre police investigating stabbing
WILKES-BARRE A man was stabbed by an unknown assailant while walking on a dark street somewhere in South Wilkes-Barre Wednesday night, city police said.
Kingston police seeking information in hit and run
KINGSTON Police are hoping someone can identify individuals from surveillance pictures involved in an incident on Pierce Street.
Significant decrease in reported crime in Wilkes-Barre
Despite an uptick in the number of violent crimes across the country and Pennsylvania the City of Wilkes-Barre is on the other end of the spectrum.
Woman charged with failing to protect children from being sexually assaulted
LEHMAN TWP. Township police charged a woman with failing to protect at least two children from being sexually assaulted by her husband for nearly 15 years, according to court records filed Tuesday.
Woman charged with making straw purchase of firearms
CONYNGHAM TWP. A woman from Bucks County was arraigned Tuesday on allegations she persuaded another person to purchase firearms from a licensed firearms dealer in Wapwallopen intending to send the w
‘You took a great man from us’
WILKES-BARRE Tremaine Jamison apologized to the family of Devon Brown who died from a gunshot wound during a scuffle at a kindergarten graduation party in May 2017.
Plymouth man arrested on plan to kill ex-girlfriend
HANOVER TWP. A Plymouth man was arrested on allegations he planned to kill his ex-girlfriend with a fatal dose of heroin to prevent her from testifying against him at a court proceeding Thursday.
Man arrested on allegations he abused mother
PITTSTON TWP. Township police arrested a man they allege abused, neglected and assaulted his 73-year-old mother for more than two years.
Dallas man illegally in U.S. indicted on firearm offenses
SCRANTON A man from Dallas was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on firearm offenses.
Drug sweep nets $1 million in cocaine, fentanyl and four arrests
WILKES-BARRE Four locations in Wilkes-Barre were hit by drug agents early Wednesday morning as a result of an eight-month investigation into the trafficking of cocaine and fentanyl. At a press confe
Drug sweep nets $1 million in cocaine, fentanyl and four arrests
WILKES-BARRE Four locations in Wilkes-Barre were hit by drug agents early Wednesday morning as a result of an eight-month investigation into the trafficking of cocaine and fentanyl.
Two federal inmates charged with pandemic unemployment fraud
SCRANTON Two federal inmates from Luzerne County were indicted by a federal grand jury with pandemic unemployment assistance fraud, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler.
Earth Conservancy athletic fields damaged by vehicles
HANOVER TWP. An athletic field used by the Hanover Area Youth Soccer Club was vandalized by off-roaders, said Terry Ostrowski, chief executive officer and president of Earth Conservancy.