HANOVER TWP. — Township police said they have identified an 18-year-old man and two juveniles who stole American flags from the Hanover Area High School and other properties last week.
WILKES-BARRE — A city man was sentenced to state prison this week after he admitted to discharging a firearm at another person during a dispute on Govier Street, Wilkes-Barre, in 2017.
KINGSTON TWP. — A man ended up with more than a traffic citation after he allegedly became confrontational and struggled with two township police officers on Thursday.
WILKES-BARRE — City police arrested Fawn Workman, 24, after he allegedly assaulted a woman and attempted to avoid arrest on Thursday.
HARVEYS LAKE — A man allegedly slammed the door on two police officers, saying he was trying to sleep before he was stunned three times with Tasers during a struggle inside his residence Thursday.
SCRANTON — A woman from Wilkes-Barre was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for her role in a drug and firearms trafficking ring.
SCRANTON — A woman from Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to making false statements to purchase multiple firearms from dealers in Luzerne and Northampton counties in 2019.
HANOVER TWP. — Township police are investigating a theft at Hanover Area High School where three unknown men stole an American flag and a POW/MIA flag Wednesday night.
NEWPORT TWP. — A man surrendered early Thursday morning several hours after he refused to exit his home after a physical domestic dispute about missing money from a safe.
WILKES-BARRE — Ramel M. Mosley was a passenger inside a vehicle stopped by city police for an inoperable brake light and making a turn at a “no turn on red” intersection at Butler and North Main streets on Jan. 6, 2017.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Township police arrested two men who were found inside Dream Girls Gentlemen’s Club where a stolen vehicle was found parked outside early Wednesday morning.
WILKES-BARRE — A man who allegedly stole a vehicle was handcuffed to its steering wheel when he began to struggle with an officer on Tuesday, according to court records.
WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Central Court where most preliminary hearings are held in criminal cases was abruptly closed Wednesday morning due COVID-19 concerns.
KINGSTON — A man from Lewisburg was jailed Tuesday on allegations he sent sexually explicit messages to a teenage girl who was an undercover police detective.
KINGSTON — A man was arrested after a woman alleged he punched and strangled her when she attempted to leave his apartment, according to court records.
HAZLETON — A man from Hazleton was arraigned Tuesday on charges he initiated a foot chase with city police while holding a snake.
KINGSTON TWP. — Township police arrested a man from the Philadelphia area on drug trafficking offenses after allegedly finding synthetic marijuana and amphetamines during a traffic stop.
PITTSTON — City police arrested Edward James Rodriguez at magisterial district court inside city hall last week when he attempted to file a private criminal complaint against a woman he is accused of stalking.
NESCOPECK TWP. — State police at Shickshinny are investigating vandalism to a vehicle where an American flag was desecrated and left dangling from a tree on River Road.
A wave of people rushed the doors at the 109th Field Artillery Armory just as the rock band Blue Oyster Cult took the stage on Sept. 25, 1980.
WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Court does not have jurisdiction to decide an appeal filed by Mount Zion Baptist Church over a denial by Wilkes-Barre Township Council to rezone wooded land from industrial to residential, township Attorney John P. Rogers believes.
WILKES-BARRE — A protection-from-abuse order recently was filed by District Judge Daniel O’Donnell against his estranged wife but quickly dismissed at the magistrate’s request, court documents show.
PLAINS TWP. — Two men were arrested on drug trafficking offenses after authorities executed a search warrant at a residence on Delaware Street on Wednesday.
ASHLEY — A man from Tobyhanna who borough police arrested on drunken driving offenses asked if he was in Pennsylvania or New Jersey.
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