HANOVER TWP. — A man known on the street and on social media as ‘HighLyfe’ is jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility after Wilkes-Barre police and state police allege he sold a brick of heroin in Hanover Township last week.
EDWARDSVILLE — A man from Wilkes-Barre was arrested on allegations he ran into a residence on Williams Street stealing two jewelry boxes and a piggy bank on Wednesday.
WILKES-BARRE — City police charged a woman alleging she left three children, ages 10, 7 and 3, unsupervised in her Lehigh Street apartment on Saturday.
WILKES-BARRE — A man wanted by city police attempted to outrun officers resulting in him getting stunned in the back by a Taser.
HANOVER TWP. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a man connected to his alleged role in a shooting at a gasoline service station in August.
KINGSTON — Kingston Police continue their string of arrests of individuals attempting to contact what they believe to be children for sex, this time arresting a 40-year-old man from Wilkes-Barre.
PITTSTON — A suspended city police officer was charged Thursday alleging he slashed several tires on at least five vehicles on South Main Street last month.
WILKES-BARRE — City police arrested a man they say discharged at least four rounds from a handgun during a parking dispute in the 700 block of North Washington Street on Wednesday.
WILKES-BARRE — A man who state police say is part of a large drug trafficking organization and a second man were arrested when troopers executed a search warrant at a residence on East Division Street allegedly finding a large amount of heroin, fentanyl and packaging materials late Wednesday night.
TUNKHANNOCK — State police say an 86-year-old woman reported missing early Thursday has been found safe.
A state appellate court upheld the conviction and life sentence for Preston Bonnett, who challenged the jury’s verdict claiming a state police deputy fire marshal was permitted to testify as an expert witness during his trial at the Luzerne County Courthouse.
HAZLETON — City police say they arrested Marquis Alberto DeLeon, 24, after allegedly found firearms, heroin and marijuana inside a residence on East Green Street.
JACKSON TWP. — A state inmate serving a life sentence for a homicide in Philadelphia was charged with attacking a corrections counselor inside the State Correctional Institution at Dallas earlier this month.
MOUNT POCONO — A man from Wilkes-Barre was found to be in possession of a handgun with an altered serial number during a traffic stop in Mount Pocono on Saturday, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police.
KINGSTON — A man from White Haven taken into custody on a warrant was found concealing six heroin packets in his buttocks, according to court records.
NANTICOKE — A man from Delaware County believing he was meeting a 13-year-old girl for sex requested to keep the girl’s underwear, according to court records.
KINGSTON — A 32-year-old man was arraigned Monday on charges he endangered a 1-year-old child during a domestic disturbance telling police officers he wanted to be killed.
Two people died as a result of separate vehicle crashes in the area last week, state police reported.
WILKES-BARRE — A toxicology report showing homicide victim Fred Boote had traces of methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system is excluded from the trial of Reynaldo Mercado, Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough ruled.
KINGSTON — Perhaps Eric Conahan should stay out of Kingston.
PLYMOUTH — A man wanted on an attempted criminal homicide charge related to a shooting that severely injured another man in Plymouth last month was captured in Philadelphia on Thursday.
WEST PITTSTON — Borough police arrested a man from Hunlock Township when they allegedly found illegal drugs packaged for sale during a traffic stop.
WEST PITTSTON — Borough police charged a man from Shavertown alleging he accepted payment from an elderly couple for yard work and failing to perform the services.
WEST PITTSTON — A Wilkes-Barre man crashed into a stop sign and intentionally struck a state police cruiser in West Pittston during a pursuit that began on Interstate 81 in Ashley late Wednesday night.
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