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Edwardsville man
waives his hearing
WILKES-BARRE — A man charged with concealing the whereabouts of a woman accused in a stabbing waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Wednesday.
Nathaniel Moore, 32, last known address of 815 Main St., Edwardsville, will now face a charge of hindering apprehension in county court.
According to a criminal complaint:
Police were investigating a stabbing involving Moore’s girlfriends, Qualuani Jzarie Anthony, 25, and Kathy Curry, on Jan. 5.
Anthony stabbed Curry in an eye with a knife. After the stabbing, Anthony fled and Moore repeatedly told police he did not know where Anthony was staying.
But Moore and Anthony were staying at motels in the Binghamton, New York, area.
Anthony was captured by U.S. Marshals in Broom County, New York, on Jan. 25. She recently sent aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment charges to county court.
Authorities said Curry lost her right eye after an infection.
Luzerne man faces trial
in heroin trafficking case
WILKES-BARRE — A man from Luzerne waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges.
Alexander Joseph O’Donnell, 43, of Tener Street, was arrested Feb. 26 by Hanover Township police for conspiring with Justin Ramirez, 29, to sell heroin in Hanover Township, Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne in August 2017, authorities report.
O’Donnell will now stand trial on charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance.
Prosecutors withdrew a second count of possession with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance.
A preliminary hearing for Ramirez on drug trafficking charges was continued to March 28.
— By Ed Lewis