http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=960&32=3991&7=-1&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime Court news and police blotter from The Times Leader. en-us 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Christopher J. Hughes 2009-11-08T05:00:00Z en-us 2009 http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69504012&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FFour_are_injured_in_two-vehicle_crash_Police_Blotter_11-08-2009.html HAZLE TWP. – Four people suffered injuries after a two-vehicle crash late Friday afternoon. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 4660633c2df45bed200f324aafac9f87 2009-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69445772&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FPolice__Woman_made_up_abduction_Police_Blotter_11-07-2009.html SALEM TWP. – A Berwick woman faces charges that she fabricated an abduction to cover up for a reported stolen check at a bank on Thursday. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:24:20 GMT 2b20220a44ca9fe8bf4072a472ad706e 2009-11-07T08:24:20Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69445797&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FPolice_Blotter_11-07-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 42f373588fb7c4baccf8ec5006a1d1bc 2009-11-07T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69352787&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fcourt_briefs_11-06-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – A Hazleton woman pleaded guilty Thursday to stabbing a man in the neck in July. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 98c95af53fded9a246b60ef63f50523a 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69352502&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FCops__Driver_leaves_when_Jeep_hits_home_Police_Blotter_11-06-2009.html HANOVER TWP. – Township police reported the following: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 7746be9c8e9a63b3e850b4aeba7cc99e 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69263102&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FTwo_people_surrender_to_face_assault_charges_Police_Blotter_11-05-2009.html HANOVER TWP. – Township police said Geovanni Johnson and Ann Marie Cruz turned themselves in to police Tuesday on arrest warrants for simple assault and endangering the welfare of children. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 986ccf56a41d86e2766d075a8c853fc8 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69263082&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FCourt_Briefs_11-05-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – A former Hazleton resident who is one plaintiff in a case involving more than 1,000 plaintiffs in an eight-year-old gas spill in Hazleton filed court papers this week asking that orders and settlement agreements made in the case in the past be nullified. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT c22cacf5988166dec7a83b9c442f3ae6 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69263037&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FCrash_on_boulevard_in_W-B_leaves_3_injured_Police_Blotter_11-05-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – Three people were taken to local hospitals for moderate to severe injures after a two-vehicle crash at a North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard intersection Friday evening. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 3dbd19ecef9a60666743885285530d14 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69263007&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FNicholson_man_killed_in_crash_on_Route_11_Police_Blotter_11-05-2009.html NICHOLSON TWP. – A Nicholson man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 11 in Wyoming County on Wednesday, state police at Tunkhannock said. Police identified the man as Sandy A. Buselli, 51. He was driving a Ford Escort northbound on Route 11 when it crossed into the southbound lane, colliding with a Jeep Cherokee driven by Ian W. Billets, 28, of Nicholson, at about 8:50 a.m., police said. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 9ca54e40f153d453147278400c3967f7 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69049667&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FPolice_Blotter_11-04-2009.html LEHMAN TWP. – State police at Wyoming charged a man on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting his wife. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT d9a8aa7b0cd191672d0d4878bc4dae9e 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=69049632&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FCOURT_BRIEFS_11-04-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – The sentencing date for a Wilkes-Barre man recently found guilty of third-degree murder has been continued, while he was scheduled for trial on a firearms charge stemming from the homicide. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT ab47a12cdc080821d2eb4df0c1fafc31 2009-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=68827217&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FTownship_fire_chief_could_face_charge_11-03-2009.html PLAINS TWP. – Township police said they plan to file summary charges against the Wilkes-Barre Township fire chief after a fight outside a restaurant early Saturday morning. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 6a2260de44de99f941457ff7c21b61c7 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=68827202&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FCOURT_BRIEF_11-03-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County judge scheduled a hearing date for attorneys to argue if a lawsuit filed by the wife of the county’s former court administrator should be stayed. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT f29bcf7554814ec7153d219be86707c7 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=68827142&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2F68827142.html WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 7333e9b2316ebd5adb5463458205096d 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=68827002&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FPolice_Blotter_11-03-2009.html HAZLE TWP. – James Little, of Williamsport, reported to state police at Hazleton three motorcycle jacks, a motorcycle tie-down strap and three padlocks were stolen from a utility trailer on Hansel Street sometime between Saturday and Monday. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 6ec28cbd25d82d2c6566132711586b04 2009-11-03T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=68456597&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FShickshinny_shooting_probed_Police_Blotter_11-02-2009.html HUNTINGTON TWP. – State police in Shickshinny are investigating the shooting of a 29-year-old Shickshinny man early Sunday morning. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 616011a35ccfd8972723e8db19b4f0ba 2009-11-02T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=68204707&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FPolice_Blotter_11-01-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 6e15011ee384964eecd988bc92178fa4 2009-11-01T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=67882532&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2F67882532.html NEWPORT TWP. – A man was charged by township police on Friday with assaulting a woman. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT 9cdb663b18ea9f2340541fe9da653934 2009-10-31T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=67882507&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FCOURT_BRIEFS_10-31-2009.html WILKES-BARRE – A senior judge has been assigned to hear a yet-to-be-schedule competency hearing for convicted murderer George Banks. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT bcf27db0decee61406bb555fc645716a 2009-10-31T05:00:00Z http://www.timesleader.com/r?19=961&43=182126&44=67880532&32=3991&7=477072&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesleader.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2FPolice_Blotter_10-31-2009.html ROSS TWP. – Police are continuing to investigate explosive devices that were found inside a Dobson Road home on Friday. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT 06c53cb51d10998f3a2e49784c3938fe 2009-10-31T05:00:00Z