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Police: Officer injured when attacked inside Walmart Supercenter
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A township police officer sustained injuries to his hands and back when he was attacked by a man detained on allegations he stole items from Walmart Supercenter on Friday.
Court records: Prisoner defecated in cell, used cell bars to cleanse
PITTSTON A man arrested on allegations he violated a restraining order defecated inside a cell and used the cell bars to clean himself, according to court records.
‘Justice for Nova,’ surveillance pictures released in dog abandonment case
PITTSTON City police Monday released two surveillance pictures they believe are connected to the abandonment of a dog renamed Nova.
Prison sentence upheld in pistol whipping, false imprisonment conviction
A state appellate court upheld the state prison sentence for a Wilkes-Barre man convicted of restraining and pistol-whipping a man who summoned help from a bank.
Luzerne woman charged with choking dog, trespassing at cookout
LUZERNE Borough police charged a woman on allegations she attended a cookout uninvited and choked a dog earlier this month.
Man facing two homicide charges in county court
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who city police allege was recorded by a surveillance camera randomly shooting into a crowd killing two men and injuring a third will face criminal homicide charges i
Plea deal offered in child’s death
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors have offered a plea deal for a man they allege caused the death of his son eight years after being violently shaken inside a Wilkes-Barre residence in 2011.
Police: Mattress set ablaze during domestic dispute
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they allege ignited a mattress on fire during an argument with his girlfriend early Thursday morning.
Police: Kingston man exposed himself to three boys at park
KINGSTON Police arrested a man they allege exposed himself to three boys and asking the children to engage in sexual acts.
Selenski appeal lawyer: Trial attorneys were ineffective against Weakley
WILKES-BARRE Two attorneys who defended Hugo Selenski during his 2015 double homicide trial should had been better prepared to attack a prosecution witness and aggressively question a timeline of ev
Pittston police investigating abandonment and neglect of dog
PITTSTON City police said they are investigating an animal neglect case after an abandoned dog was found Tuesday.
White Haven woman sentenced for stealing from employer
WILKES-BARRE A White Haven woman arrested last summer on 208 felony and misdemeanor counts alleging she stole from her employer was sentenced Tuesday on two charges.
NY rape suspect caught in Plains Township
PLAINS TWP. A suspect in a rape investigation in New York was captured at a residence on Crow Street early Tuesday morning, township police said.
Crawford’s double homicide conviction upheld on appeal
Convicted double murderer Holly Crawford s third attempt for a new trial failed.
Serial street mugger sentenced
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas chronicled the actions of Ravone Davis as destructive, harmful and hurtful.
Quakertown man charged with criminal homicide in Luzerne County
HAZLE TWP. A man from Bucks County was charged Sunday in the beating death of a woman whose body was found at the Red Carpet Inn in Hazle Township.
Nanticoke man sentenced for setting house on fire
WILKES-BARRE A Nanticoke man apologized Monday for igniting a fire that destroyed a Dorrance Township home in 2019.
Dallas Township man charged with child sex offenses
KINGSTON TWP. A Harveys Lake man who admitted to sexually abusing a then 14-year-old girl 21 years ago was charged Friday with sexually assaulting three girls.
Former Pittston Area band director sentenced to 7-14 years in prison
WILKES-BARRE Any hope of a lenient sentence for former Pittston Area band director Brendan J. Carter, convicted on multiple sex offenses involving nine teenagers, was ignored by Luzerne County Judge