SCRANTON — A Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm convictions, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Court Judge […]
WYOMING — Borough police arrested Michael Dean Inman II on charges he assaulted police officers while firefighters battled a blaze at a laundromat on East Eighth Street early Friday morning. Police allege Inman, 29, of […]
WILKES-BARRE — Two women were cited by city police on allegations they caused a disturbance following a civil hearing before a district judge earlier this week. Police responded to the courtroom lobby of District Judge […]
PITTSTON TWP. — A traffic stop earlier this week resulted in the arrests of two people accused of using counterfeit cash to purchase items at area stores, according to court records. Pittston Township police on […]
WILKES-BARRE — A 15-year-old boy was charged as an adult for his alleged role in an armed robbery on Covell Street on Wednesday. Court records say city police charged Dante-Thomas Earl Harris with robbery, possessing […]
WILKES-BARRE — A man walking home after buying cigarettes at a Turkey Hill store was robbed of the tobacco pack, a broken cellphone and his gym shorts at gunpoint early Wednesday morning, according to court […]
WILKES-BARRE — An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Butler County man on allegations he failed to appear in Luzerne County Central Court for a preliminary hearing on charges he sent two men nude […]
WILKES-BARRE — His name is Iain Carberry. City police have identified the 39-year-old Kidder Street resident as the suspect believed to have vandalized the Planned Parenthood offices on North Main Street early Monday. In a […]
WILKES-BARRE — Heavy traffic on Interstate 81 resulted in a preliminary hearing being continued Tuesday for two people charged with beating a Luzerne man who was hospitalized with serious head injuries last month. Jett P. […]
HANOVER TWP. — A mother and daughter are accused of stealing from a grocery store Friday, township police said. According to a news release, Tamara “Tami” D. Blair, 56, and her daughter, Julia A. Blair, […]
HANOVER TWP. — Township police say they arrested Ivan Torres-Pantajos, 34, of Wilkes-Barre, on charges he burglarized a woman’s apartment on Oxford Street late Thursday night. Officers responded to Oxford Street just after 10 p.m. […]
KINGSTON TWP. — A man from western Pennsylvania charged earlier this month on allegations he sent two men nude pictures of his ex-girlfriend was arraigned in Luzerne County Wednesday night. Roy John Yanvary, 44, was […]
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