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WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man accused by city police of threatening a woman with a firearm after she obtained a restraining-order against him pled guilty in Luzerne County Court on Wednesday.
Joseph White, 48, of North Pennsylvania Avenue, was accused of approaching the woman while armed with a firearm in the area of Coal Street and North Empire Court on July 14, 2022, according to court records.
White was served with a protection-from abuse order by the woman prior to the incident, court records say.
While jailed at the county correctional facility, White was recorded during jailhouse phone calls on July 18, 2022, making threats against the woman, according to court records.
White pled guilty to firearms not to be carried without a license and terroristic threats before Judge David W. Lupas.
White is scheduled to be sentenced July 31.