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JENKINS TWP. – Two people, including a state police trooper, were taken to hospitals after a two-vehicle crash on the Pittston Bypass around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
The trooper, whose name has not been released, was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, state police at Wyoming said. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township.
The extent of their injuries and conditions were not known as of press time.
Police said the trooper is from the Wyoming barracks and was traveling in a police cruiser when the crash occurred.
No further information has been made available.
WILKES-BARRE – Police arrested a city man after a high-speed chase in South Wilkes-Barre early Saturday morning.
Robinson Jeanpierre, 28, of Brown Street, will be charged with firearms violations, receiving stolen property, aggravated assault and resisting arrest, according to Wilkes-Barre police. He was taken to Luzerne County Correctional Facility for an overnight arraignment.
Jeanpierre was observed traveling in a red Dodge at a high rate of speed on Scott Street around 2 a.m., police said. As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, a pursuit ensued.
Police said the driver, later identified as Jeanpierre, committed numerous traffic violations and ran through several red lights. The Dodge also struck a police cruiser and then ran his vehicle through a fence on Gordon Avenue.
Jeanpierre allegedly tried to flee from the vehicle on Horton Street where he was taken into custody after fighting with police, according to police.
Two handguns – one iwhich was stolen – were seen inside Jeanpierre’s vehicle, police said.
Jeanpierre, who police said appeared intoxicated, refused a breath-alcohol content test.
WILKES-BARRE – A woman who tried to rob a convenience store left with only a candy bar.
Sarah Wargo, 18, of Nanticoke, is accused of walking into the Turkey Hill and robbing the place on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and Hazle Avenue around 2 p.m. Saturday, according to Wilkes-Barre police Lt. Steve Olshefski.
Wargo allegedly waived around a box cutter while inside the store and announced she was going to rob the place, Olshefski said.
After knocking several items off shelves, police said Wargo fled with a candy bar.
Police were able to locate Wargo within minutes, Olshefski said.
Wargo will be charged with robbery, possessing instruments of crime, terroristic threats and criminal mischief, Olshefski said. She also will be charged with aggravated harassment by a prisoner for allegedly spitting on an officer while in a holding cell at police headquarters.
There were no injuries in the robbery, but Wargo had to be taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for treatment of a medical condition, Olshefski said.
Wargo was taken to Luzerne County Correctional Facility for an overnight arraignment, Olshefski said.
A preliminary hearing has not yet been scheduled pending an arraignment.
HUGHESTOWN – A second male involved in vandalism at a middle school in May was arraigned Friday, police said.
The Pittston Area Middle School was vandalized by two young males on May 19, according to a news release from Hughestown Police Department. Damage to the school came to $6,368.
Christopher Weller and Joshua Tonkin were both charged with institutional vandalism, burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief.
Weller was picked up and had his preliminary hearing in July, police said.
Tonkin was arraigned Friday after he was picked up at Perry County Prison, where he was held on unrelated charges, police said.
A preliminary hearing for Tonkin has been scheduled for Nov. 24 at Central Court.
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:
Police are investigating an attempted robbery at Tropic Pet Center and a reported purse snatching incident on Friday night.
The attempted robbery happened just before 7 p.m. at the pet store on South Main Street.
A store employee reported an unknown white male walked into the business, displayed a fake handgun and demanded cash from the register, police said.
The suspect – described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 200 pounds, balding and wearing a blue hooded sweat jacket, blue jeans and sneakers – fled without cash after the employee told the robber the gun he was displaying was not real.
Officers searched the area, but could not locate the suspect, police said.
Around 8 p.m., police said they received a report about a male robber matching the same description in a robbery just two hours prior.
A woman reported a male took her purse and fled on North Grant Street, police said.
A 14-year-old male reported at 4 p.m. Thursday he was harassed by another juvenile on Hill Street, police said. The suspect will be cited with harassment.
• Patrick Sharp, 25, of Dupont, was charged with drunken driving after being found asleep at the wheel at 2:31 a.m. Friday at the corner of South Main Street and Hanover Street, police said.
• Angela Sukadelski, 27, of Wilkes-Barre, was arrested for suspected drunken driving on 129 S. Grant Street at 3:28 a.m. Thursday, police said.
• Barbara Pacolitch reported at 2:46 a.m. Friday someone stole her purse from her car while it was parked at the corner of East Union and North Main Street, police said. The suspect gained entry to the vehicle through a smashed window.
• Ibis Saracinaj and Amanda Pursel both reported at 2 a.m. Friday their vehicles were intentionally scratched while parked on North Main Street at the rear of the Mines Club, police said.
• Alicia Babcock reported at 3:10 a.m. Friday someone smashed her car window and stole items from inside while it was parked at the corner of North Main and Union Streets, police said.
• Edward Stobodzian, 21 of Hanover Township, was cited at 2:13 a.m. Friday with public drunkenness on North Main Street, police said.
• Sean Flecknoe, 19, of Wilkes-Barre, was arrested for suspected drunken driving at 12:25 a.m. Friday after police said they noticed him committing a traffic violation and parking in front of the Mines Bar on North Main Street.
• Brandon Owens, 19, of Kingston and Robert Lucinski, 18, of Wilkes-Barre were issued citations at 12:21 a.m. Friday on possession of an alcoholic beverage for minors, police said.