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Booths sentenced to 8-20 years in prison for unlawful contact with minor
WILKES-BARRE A Philadelphia man apologized for sexually assaulting a girl in Duryea but doesn t expect the victim and her family to forgive him.
Carbondale man charged with sexually assaulting college student
DALLAS TWP. Township police charged a man from Carbondale with sexually assaulting an unconscious woman inside a dormitory room on the campus of Misericordia University earlier this year.
Suspect in pursuit found naked in apartment
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man was found naked hiding inside an apartment after initiating a pursuit early Friday morning.
Hanover Township woman sentenced for drug trafficking
SCRANTON A Hanover Township woman was sentenced Thursday to more than 10 years in federal prison on a drug trafficking offense.
Franklin Township man sentenced on firearm, drug trafficking offenses
SCRANTON A Franklin Township man was sentenced to federal prison this week on firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
Judge denies Jamison’s request to withdraw murder guilty plea
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. said it bluntly: You don t get to take a run of the commonwealth s case and read the jury.
More child rape charges filed against Lehman Township man
LEHMAN TWP. Police in Lehman Township filed additional child sex assault charges against John James Martin, 44, after a third alleged victim came forward.
Suspect in Wilkes-Barre stabbing captured in Maryland
A man wanted in connection with a March stabbing in Wilkes-Barre was taken into custody in Maryland, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday.
Life sentence for Edwardsville man convicted of child pornography
WILKES-BARRE In what attorneys believe to be the first in Pennsylvania, an Edwardsville man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of possessing child pornography was sentenced Friday to spend the rest
Judge denies Selenski relief
WILKES-BARRE Any hope convicted double murderer Hugo Selenski has for a new trial will have to be with state appellate courts.
Stolen property charge dismissed against two men
WILKES-BARRE Receiving stolen property charges were dismissed against two men accused of driving a stolen 2021 Toyota Rav4 on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Hanover Township man had ‘premonition’ detectives were coming
HANOVER TWP. Soon after Eric A. Bailey was locked out of his online file storage account, he had a feeling investigators were on their way.
Manslaughter charge filed in Wilkes-Barre fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE City police obtained an arrest warrant charging 22-year-old Ziare W. Mouzone with involuntary manslaughter in a shooting that claimed the life of his cousin earlier this year.
University student charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl
DALLAS TWP. A student at Wilkes University was charged Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl earlier this year.
Man arrested on domestic violence, animal cruelty charges
EDWARDSVILLE Borough police arrested a man they say abused a dog during a domestic dispute with a girlfriend last week.
Man shot in buttocks outside Kingston tavern
KINGSTON A Plymouth man has been arrested and charged in connection with an early morning shooting outside a local bar that left one man hospitalized.
Warrant issued for no-show defendant at sentencing hearing
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. issued a capias warrant for a Philadelphia County man when he failed to appear for his sentencing hearing on a child sex offense Monday.
Wilkes-Barre man charged with gun threats, initiating pursuit
PLAINS TWP. A man from Wilkes-Barre was arrested on separate complaints alleging he threatened a man with a firearm over a monetary debt and initiating a pursuit with police through two municipaliti
Woman charged with stabbing man in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a woman from Plymouth on allegations she stabbed a man in the arm early Sunday morning.
Former Exeter police officer, Leonard Galli, waives hearing in online sex sting
WILKES-BARRE Minutes before the start of a long awaited preliminary hearing for former Exeter police officer Leonard Galli on allegations he solicited a minor for sex, his attorney and an assistant