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Police: Argument led to shooting inside Wilkes-Barre home
WILKES-BARRE City police say they charged a 22-year-old man who discharged a round from a firearm and took another man into custody on an outstanding warrant while investigating gunfire inside a Car
Fatal shooting of Exeter Township supervisor recorded by suspect’s surveillance camera
WEST PITTSTON Homicide suspect Peter Jonathan Gillis home surveillance camera recorded him fatally shooting Robert Francis Kile Sr. at the end of his driveway on Route 92 on June 19, 2020.
Alleged food market spitter charged with trespassing at Warrior Run church
WARRIOR RUN A woman facing a trial over allegations she spat on food items inside a supermarket at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last year has been cited by Hanover Township police with t
Wilkes-Barre hit-run suspect extradited from North Carolina
WILKES-BARRE A man from New York City was returned to Luzerne County late Tuesday night to face charges he fled the scene of a crash after striking a woman whose leg was amputated as a result.
Woodlands Inn will be jury selection site for Plymouth homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE After lengthy delays mostly due to the coronavirus emergency shutdown, a trial has been scheduled for the suspect in a 2018 Plymouth fatal shooting.
Man who aimed gun at officer sentenced
WILKES-BARRE A man from Kingston charged with aiming a firearm at a Kingston police officer was recently sentenced in Luzerne County Court.
Trial set for supermarket spitting suspect
WILKES-BARRE Jurors selected to decide the fate of a Hanover Township woman charged with coughing and spitting on food items inside a supermarket last year will be tasked with determining if saliva
Greater Nanticoke Area board member charged with invasion of privacy
NANTICOKE A Greater Nanticoke Area school director is facing charges alleging he placed hidden cameras in a bedroom of his home that recorded a woman he allowed to stay with him.
Two killed in Butler Township crash
BUTLER TWP. Township police said two people died from injuries as a result of a vehicle crash on Route 309 near Sleepy Hollow Road Saturday night.
Child sex charges add up against martial arts instructor
PITTSTON A martial arts instructor jailed since his February arrest on allegations he sexually assaulted two girls was arraigned Friday on sex offenses involving a third female.
WBPD seek identity of Turkey Hill robber
WILKES-BARRE City police Friday released a surveillance picture of a man they say robbed the Turkey Hill store on Carey Avenue.
Child sex charges refiled against New Jersey man
KINGSTON TWP. A man from New Jersey will spend time in jail at least until April 15.
Pittston man charged with assaulting mother, son with baseball bat
PITTSTON City police charged Rashon Henry Daniels, 39, of Market Street, with assaulting a mother and strangled her son during a domestic disturbance last month.
Wilkes-Barre shooting in retaliation of 2019 stabbing in Nanticoke
WILKES-BARRE City police detectives arrested a woman for her alleged role with shooting her brother as court documents suggests the gunfire was in retaliation to a Nanticoke stabbing in 2019.
Police: Plymouth man attempted to steal ambulance
WILKES-BARRE City police say a man from Plymouth attempted to steal an ambulance when transported to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wednesday night.
Convicted felon arrested after gunfire in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested Tyrone Sweeney, 46, while investigating gunfire in the 400 block of Blackman Street Tuesday night.
Gunfire reported near Hanover Township high rise apartments
HANOVER TWP. Township police say they are investigating a report of gunfire on Lee Park Avenue near Lee Park Towers.
Nescopeck man charged with firearm, drug offenses
JACKSON TWP. A township police officer became suspicious during a traffic stop when he spotted multiple air fresheners and fabric softener sheets in the air vents of a vehicle stopped for heavily ti
Woman claims she was attacked in Harveys Lake stabbing
HANOVER TWP. A Laflin woman denied that she intentionally stabbed a former boyfriend in the neck last summer.
Hunlock Township man arrested on child sex offenses
SHICKSHINNY A Hunlock Township man awaiting sentencing after admitting he sexually assaulted two girls nearly 40 years ago was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually abused a boy inside Roaring