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Woman charged with delivering prescription drugs to SCI-Dallas officer
NANTICOKE State police at Wilkes-Barre charged a Nanticoke woman with delivering controlled substances to a correctional officer who collapsed while working at the State Correctional Institution at
Rhode Island man charged with discharging firearm in road rage incident
KINGSTON A man from Rhode Island charged with discharging a firearm during a road rage incident last year was recently extradited from Florida where he was captured.
Police: Wilkes-Barre man attempted to disarm Plymouth officer
PLYMOUTH A traffic stop turned violent when a Wilkes-Barre man reached for a bag containing a loaded handgun and attempted to disarm a borough police officer during a struggle early Tuesday morning.
Duryea man arrested after road rage fight with bicyclist
PITTSTON City police arrested a man from Duryea on charges he twice attacked a bicyclist after a near collision Tuesday.
WBPD arrest man after investigating fireworks complaint at Sherman Hills
WILKES-BARRE A Hanover Township man who claimed he was trained to kill was arrested on charges he fought with city police officers investigating a fireworks complaint at the Sherman Hills apartmen
Attorney: ‘Hearsay evidence’ only presented against homicide suspect
WILKES-BARRE An attorney for homicide suspect Dazon Wykie Turner is using a recent state Supreme Court ruling in an attempt to have the case dismissed based on hearsay testimony.
Judge won’t dismiss bomb threat charge against Cirko
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors can proceed with the highest charge of bomb threats against Margaret Cirko, accused of spitting and coughing on food items for sale inside Gerrity s Supermark
Man claims self-defense in box cutter stabbing during argument about campfire
PLAINS TWP. An argument about a campfire resulted in a township man stabbing another man and assaulting his girlfriend s daughter Tuesday, police said.
Two juveniles facing charges for throwing rocks off bridge
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Two boys are facing charges after they allegedly tossed rocks from the Willow Street Bridge onto Interstate-81 on Tuesday.
Pittston Township man charged with sexually assaulting child
PITTSTON TWP. Township police arrested Travis Lee Abbott on allegations he sexually assaulted a boy.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to assaulting, intimidating girlfriend
WILKES-BARRE A man with a criminal history of assaulting girlfriends is facing up to eight years or longer in state prison after he admitted to abusing and intimidating another one of his former com
Judge to decide if ‘body’ is considered a device to spread virus
WILKES-BARRE Is the human body considered a device used to intentionally spread viruses or other pathogens?
Invasion of privacy charges dismissed against school board member
WILKES-BARRE A district judge Monday dismissed charges of invasion of privacy against a Greater Nanticoke Area school director when the investigating officer failed to appear for a court proceeding.
Police: Unwelcome hotel guest spat in officer’s face
PLAINS TWP. An intoxicated woman who refused to leave a hotel after a disturbance at a wedding reception spat in an officer s face, according to court records.
Plains Township man charged with threatening to kill kids
PLAINS TWP. Township police say they arrested Jasper Blount, 40, on charges he threatened to kill three children Saturday night.
Man arrested after alleged carjacking in downtown Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested William Arroyo, 55, after he allegedly carjacked an occupied vehicle from a parking garage in the first block of South Main Street early Saturday morning.
McAdoo man sentenced for online sex solicitation of teenager
WILKES-BARRE A McAdoo man who pledged to wear thong underwear when he met up to have sex with a teenage girl was sentenced in Luzerne County Court on Friday.
Man convicted of sex offense requests expungement
WILKES-BARRE A man from Philadelphia convicted by a Luzerne County jury of forcing a girl to perform a sex act while students at Keystone Job Corps Center asked about an expungement.
WBPD officer injured during arrest on Market Street Bridge
WILKES-BARRE A Bear Creek Township man spat and headbutted a city police officer during a scuffle on the Market Street Bridge Thursday night.
Man who grabbed teen in WB to stay behind bars
A New York City man who maintained his innocence after being convicted by a Luzerne County jury of grabbing a 13-year-old girl as she walked home from school will remain in state prison.