Crime

Drug possession charge withdrawn WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre police withdrew charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana and defiant trespass against Tamango Brown, 24, during a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on […]

WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County jury ordered a Megan’s Law assessment for Mark C. Danko after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman who became unconscious after a night of drinking. Danko, 50, of […]

NANTICOKE — After initially denying it, a hit-and-run suspect admitted he fled the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 78-year-old man last month, police say. John Charles Gajewski, 64, of Hill Street, Nanticoke, surrendered […]

KINGSTON TWP. — Two men facing drug trafficking charges after authorities intercepted a package mailed from California that allegedly contained marijuana have been released on bail. Davoughn Roshane Roberts, 24, of Port Arthur, Texas, and […]

Plymouth man admits molesting two girls WILKES-BARRE — A Plymouth man pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court on Thursday to molesting two girls in Kingston nearly 10 years ago. Kingston police charged Dustin Sebo, 25, […]

WILKES-BARRE — City police have charged a man with raping a woman behind a county building on North Pennsylvania Avenue last year. Derek Tyquan King-Kears, 24, last known address listed as 536 Carey Ave., followed […]

WILKES-BARRE — City police arrested Manuel Henriquez on Wednesday night on charges he sexually assaulted a girl in 2017. Police said the mother of a 7-year-old girl reported in May 2017 that her daughter complained […]

WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County jury deliberated about 90 minutes Thursday before convicting a Shickshinny man of sexually assaulting a mentally and physically disabled woman at a care home in Kingston. Andrew Dula III, 56, […]

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Judge Michael Vough cannot wait until April 1. Vough set that date for Shawn Christy’s trial on charges he ransacked a relative’s residence on Klingers Road in the Drums section of […]

West Hazleton man allegedly stole kitchen tools at Boscov’s HAZLE TWP. — A West Hazleton man was arraigned Monday on charges he stole two KitchenAid extractors from Boscov’s in the Laurel Mall. William Michael Quinn, […]

WILKES-BARRE — A former treasurer for Germania Hose Co. in Duryea charged with stealing more than $102,000 from the first responder agency waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Luzerne County Central Court. […]