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Nanticoke man sentenced to 8 years on federal drug trafficking charge
SCRANTON A Nanticoke man was sentenced to spend 8 years in a federal prison on charges he distributed fentanyl.
Model trains stolen from storage unit
HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton reported 100 collectible model trains valued at $10,000 and 30 Magpul magazines were stolen from a storage unit on Susquehanna Boulevard. The theft was discovered
Hydrants inspected near fatal Kingston fire scene
KINGSTON Reasons why hydrants were found frozen by Kingston Forty Fort firefighters at the scene of a fatal fire on Eley Street last month remain unknown, officials said.
Pursuit ends in crash, arrest of Wilkes-Barre man
WILKES-BARRE A 19-year-old man driving a stolen vehicle initiated a pursuit that began in Wilkes-Barre and ended with crashing into parked vehicles in the area of Old Newport and Center streets in N
Wilkes-Barre man hit with more child pornography charges
WILKES-BARRE Weeks before Joshua Edwards was arrested on allegations a video was uncovered on his laptop computer showing him exposing a girl s private parts, he allegedly searched child pornography
Luzerne man charged with stealing steaks
PRINGLE Kingston police refiled charges against a Luzerne man accused of stealing six Delmonico steaks by force from Gerrity s Supermarket in January.
‘Where’s the weed, who got my weed?’
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a Hanover Township man they say waved a firearm inside a residence yelling, Where s the weed, who got my weed?
Police: Plains Township man sent pictures of genitals to teen
FAIRVIEW TWP. A Plains Township man was charged with corrupting the morals of a teenage girl by sending her pictures of his genitals and taking the teen to his apartment without her parents permissi
Kingston police arrest man accused of driving stolen vehicle
KINGSTON Police recovered a vehicle reported stolen earlier this year and arrested a man they say was the driver.
Hanover Township police searching for man, charged with child sex offenses
HANOVER TWP. Township police said they are searching for Mark Mitchell-Switzer, 30, on charges he sexually assaulted a girl.
Ratowski charged third time with child sex offense
NANTICOKE Luzerne County detectives charged an Edwardsville man for the third time on child sex offenses since late January with the latest criminal filing alleging he rubbed the buttocks of a girl.
Hazleton man sentenced to federal prison on drug trafficking charges
SCRANTON A man from Hazleton was recently sentenced to more than four years in federal prison on charges he peddled heroin and fentanyl for nearly a year.
Police: Man threatens district judge during arraignment
WILKES-BARRE A man from Warrior Run arrested by city police on allegations he threatened another man at a South Main Street business allegedly threatened to harm a district judge during a court proc
Sugarloaf Township police arrest Carlisle man on child sexual assault offenses
SUGARLOAF TWP. Township police and Luzerne County detectives arrested a man from Cumberland County on charges he sexually assaulted a boy for several years.
Child endangerment charges filed against mother, boyfriend
RICE TWP. A mother and her boyfriend arrested last month on allegations they neglected her 6-year-old son who was severely underweight were arraigned Tuesday on charges they endangered their other c
Police charged Kingston man with exposing himself to mother, daughter
WILKES-BARRE City police said they charged John W. Gittens, 62, with exposing himself to a mother and her 7-year-old daughter in a parking lot on Hanover Street.
Man charged with fleeing scene of 2019 vehicle crash
FORTY FORT A man from Wilkes-Barre was arraigned on charges he fled the scene after crashing into two vehicles injuring a then 76-year-old woman on the North Cross Valley Expressway nearly two years
Wilkes-Barre man arrested on drug trafficking charge
HANOVER TWP. A man from Wilkes-Barre was arrested Thursday by township police and agents with the Luzerne County Drug Task Force on several felony drug trafficking offenses.
Berwick man charged with criminal homicide in Hazleton beating death
HAZLETON City police Friday elevated the charges filed against Joshua Hugh Keziah, 32, following the death of another man earlier this month from an assault.
Woman charged with endangering children after drug laced Fruity Pebbles bars, candy found
NEWPORT TWP. Three children younger than 10-years-old were inside a residence when authorities discovered Fruity Pebbles bars, gummy bears and graham bars laced with cannabis earlier this week, acco