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Police: Teacher told student to send nude pictures

PRINGLE — A teacher with the Luzerne Intermediate Unit working at West Side Career and Technology Center was charged with telling a 15-year-old female student to send nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend. Amy […]

N.Y. man wanted for Va. rape captured in Luzerne

March 25, 2019 0

LUZERNE — State police captured a man they say has been wanted on rape and robbery charges in Virginia since 2010. A trooper stopped the driver of a Nissan Altima for driving 75 mph in […]

Police: Nanticoke man caused damage to house, believed people in walls ‘spying’

March 25, 2019 0

LAKE TWP. — A Nanticoke man may had been under the influence of bath salts when he ripped apart a house believing people in walls were “spying” on him, according to court records. Damion Michael […]

Plains Twp. house fire is next to municipal building

March 25, 2019 0

PLAINS TWP. — A house fire on North Main Street this afternoon sent up a plume of smoke and flames visible for miles. The wood frame home is located next to the Plains Township Municipal […]

Luzerne County’s last juvenile was out of Glen Mills before state cleared facility

March 25, 2019 0

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) on Monday ordered an emergency removal of all children remaining at the Delaware County reformatory school for boys, but the move should not affect Luzerne County. That’s because […]

County council candidate who tackled drug suspect faces drunken-driving charge

March 25, 2019 0

WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County Council candidate was arrested Sunday morning for allegedly driving drunk and crashing a car, authorities say. Martin Dartoe, 30, is believed to have fled the scene after crashing a vehicle […]

Domestic dispute leads to meth lab discovery in Hanover Township

March 25, 2019 0

HANOVER TWP. — Township police allegedly discovered evidence of a meth lab inside a third floor apartment at 184 Boland Ave. while investigating a domestic dispute on Sunday. Russell Fred Tilley III, 39, allegedly admitted […]

Police: Three arrested for passing counterfeit cash

March 25, 2019 0

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Two men from New York City and a Wilkes-Barre man were arrested Saturday after township police allege they were using counterfeit $20 bills at multiple retail stores. Township police said they stopped […]