Crime & Courts

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Police Blotter

KINGSTON TWP. -- A man was arraigned Wednesday on charges he stabbed another man.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Police Blotter

HAZLE TWP. – A pet dog was killed in a fire that gutted a single-family home at 634 Winters Ave. on Monday evening.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

COURT BRIEFS

WILKES-BARRE – A city woman pleaded guilty Monday to a reckless endangerment charge in an incident where police say they were called to a residence where a toddler was on the roof.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Police Blotter

WILKES-BARRE – State police said a mentally disabled man who walked away from his job at The Green House counseling center on South Franklin Street on Friday afternoon was found in Wilkes-Barre.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

WILKES-BARRE – A Nanticoke man will be issued a citation for driving with a suspended license after the vehicle he was driving Friday afternoon pulled into the path of another vehicle near Scott and Spring streets, police said.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Court brief

WILKES-BARRE – The homicide trial of a West Hazleton man scheduled to begin on April 9 has been rescheduled to begin three weeks later.

Police Blotter

HAZLETON – The theft of copper pipe during a break-in at a house at 70 Wilson Drive caused several thousand dollars in damage, police said. The burglary occurred over the last several days and anyone with information is asked to contact Hazleton police by calling Luzerne County 911.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Police Blotter

WEST WYOMING – Police said they are investigating two burglaries in the 600 and 700 blocks of West Eighth Street in recent days. Police said the suspects forced their way into the buildings.

Court briefs

PITTSTON – A man accused by Dupont police of fighting with firefighters battling a blaze at his residence waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Senior District Judge Andrew Barilla on Wednesday.