Friday, February 10, 2012
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WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County jury was selected Monday to hear the six-year-old case of a man charged with raping a woman outside a city tavern.
WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne County senior judge said Monday he’ll soon rule whether a psychiatric report should be thrown out, and the psychiatrist prohibited from testifying further, in the homicide case against a 17-year-old.
It’s not hard to see why judicial candidate Jennifer Rogers garnered the most votes in Tuesday’s general election.
WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County residents will soon be able to access civil records online, Deputy Prothonotary Art Bobbouine said Thursday.
WILKES-BARRE – Vacant seats in 29 municipal races were decided Friday after write-in votes were tallied by the Luzerne County Bureau of Elections.
WILKES-BARRE – The family of a 16-year-old killed in a fiery car crash in July has filed a lawsuit in Luzerne County Court against the driver of the vehicle and the Glen Summit Co., alleging the teen’s death was caused by their acts.
WILKES-BARRE – A Nanticoke man was sentenced Thursday to four to eight years in state prison on a dozen charges stemming from five incidents, including burglaries at Moon Lake Park in Plymouth Township.
WILKES-BARRE – An Exeter man was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in state prison on charges he had inappropriate contact with a girl over an eight-year period.
WILKES-BARRE – The capital murder trial of Hugo Selenski scheduled to begin Monday again has been delayed – possibly until next spring – a Luzerne County judge said Wednesday.
WILKES-BARRE – Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not seek a specific prison sentence for the one-time co-defendant of murder suspect Hugo Selenski, who, in 2003, pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree murder and other charges.