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WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County judge on Thursday denied a request for lower bail for a Hazleton man charged in a home invasion and the beating of a prominent Hazleton couple.
President Judge Chester Muroski denied 22-year-old Daniel Pinkney’s request to lower his $500,000 bail.
In court papers filed by his attorney, John Donovan, Pinkney said he has lived in Hazleton since he was 10 years old, graduated from Hazleton Area High School in 2005, lives with a longtime friend on North Sixth Street, has numerous friends, is employed in construction and is a certified nurse’s aide.
HAZLETON – A man claimed he was forced to strip naked and a gun was pressed against his head after he purchased marijuana from two other men Wednesday night, police said.
HAZLETON – Two people jumped from a second-floor window of a burning downtown building and another person was rescued from the structure early Wednesday morning.
HAZLETON - Six people were transported to area hospitals after a fire at 120 W. Broad St. early Wednesday morning.
DALLAS – The 400 free relay team of Caitlyn Barry, McKenzie Kelley, Erin Fallon and Stacey Stepniak won the final event to give Dallas a 97-89 victory over Hazleton Area in Wyoming ...
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