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Man, 19, free on bail facing firearm charge
WILKES-BARRE A 19-year-old man from Wilkes-Barre facing stolen vehicle charges including fleeing authorities during a pursuit was arrested after city police alleged he concealed a firearm.
Teacher charged with stealing stained glass window from E.L. Meyers High School
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre Area School District teacher was charged Tuesday on allegations she stole a stained glass window valued at $4,500 as a memento from the now closed E. L. Meyers High Schoo
No bail set for Wilkes-Barre man on gun, drug charges
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man was jailed without bail on allegations city police found a loaded firearm and medications without a prescription inside his vehicle last week.
High bail set for alleged fentanyl buyer
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A district judge imposed a high bail for a man arrested on allegations he purchased fentanyl.
Boyfriend arrested after alleged ‘hammer attack’
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man after a woman claimed he bound her with duct tape and struck her with a hammer inside a residence on Vulcan Street.
Closing arguments scheduled today in homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury is expected to begin deliberations today in the homicide case of Dana Ganjeh, whose trial ended Thursday before Judge David W. Lupas.
‘She got injured, by me,’ Ganjeh says from witness stand
WILKES-BARRE Homicide suspect Dana Ganjeh testified in his own defense Thursday, telling a Luzerne County jury he intended to take his injured girlfriend, Linda Frick, to a hospital.
Brother testifies against Ganjeh in homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors continue to rely heavily on a Wayne County domestic violence case on the third day of trial involving homicide suspect Dana Ganjeh.
Police: Woman tossed cocaine bag, spat saliva at officer and hospital staff
PLAINS TWP. Township police say a disruptive 40-year-old woman threw syringes, a bag of cocaine and spat saliva that struck an officer and hospital staff at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital on Tuesday.
Ganjeh renews request for another lawyer after pathologist testifies in homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Homicide suspect Dana Ganjeh sat within touching distance of a large screen television displaying autopsy photographs of Linda Frick as forensic pathologist Dr. Gary Ross explained the
Wyoming man, 72, charged with child sex offenses
WYOMING Borough police and Luzerne County detectives charged a 72-year-old man with sexually assaulting two girls.
Trial begins in 2018 Kingston homicide
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury will be tasked with deciding whether Dana Ganjeh planned to kill his girlfriend, Linda Frick, or whether her death an accident.
Pittston man charged with uploading nude pictures, videos of ex-girlfriends
SHICKSHINNY A man from Pittston is facing charges he posted nude pictures and videos of having sex with former girlfriends to adult pornographic websites.
Wright Township police investigating burglary at Little League concession stand
WRIGHT TWP. Township police Monday released surveillance pictures of a man burglarizing the Mountain Top Area Little League concession stand last month.
Woman charged with kicking out windows on police cruiser
JENKINS TWP. A woman arrested on domestic violence and child endangerment charges kicked out windows on a township police cruiser Thursday, according to court records.
Hanover Township man charged with child pornography
HANOVER TWP. A man from Hanover Township was arrested Thursday when images and videos of child pornography were allegedly found saved on electronic storage devices at his residence.
Council seeking to withdraw first-degree murder plea
WILKES-BARRE The same day Zien Nathaniel Council admitted to first-degree murder in the killing of a 26-year-old woman in Wilkes-Barre, he filed a motion seeking to withdraw his guilty plea.
Exeter man sentenced for DUI crash that injured two
WILKES-BARRE A man from Exeter who admitted he was intoxicated when he crashed into a motorcycle and injured two people was sentenced in Luzerne County Court Wednesday.
Registered sex offender pleads guilty of trying to meet minor for sex
WILKES-BARRE A registered sex offender from Monroe County pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court to soliciting a minor for sex.
Man charged with biting off part of brother’s ear
FORTY FORT Borough police arrested a man on allegations he assaulted his brother and bit a large chunk of his ear off when he encountered his sibling having sexual relations with his girlfriend on S