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EDITORIAL: ICE shootings in Texas and Maine nod to a culture of recklessness
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (449+ words) People hold signs in protest during a vigil on Friday for Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, a Colombian national who was shot and killed by an ICE agent, in Biddeford, Maine. The January killings of protesters and U.S. citizens Renee Good and…...
Warrant: Inmate found with suspected crack in body cavity
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (273+ words) Torres, Courtesy of the Hanover Township Police Department HANOVER TWP. — A Newport Township man is wanted by Hanover Township police on allegations he concealed suspected crack cocaine bags inside a body cavity. Police detained Jonathan Anthony Torres, 36, of Rock Street,…...
Pittston City police charge man with cocaine trafficking
4+ day, 25+ min ago (196+ words) Devereaux, Courtesy of the Pittston City Police Department PITTSTON — A man was arrested on allegations he was peddling cocaine and his girlfriend charged with obstruction on Wednesday. An investigation was launched by Pittston City Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit of…...
Butler Township man charged with making gun threat during road rage incident
5+ day, 27+ min ago (171+ words) Wurster, Courtesy of the Butler Township Police Department BUTLER TWP. — Police in Butler Township say they charged Frederic William Wurster with terroristic threats following an alleged road rage incident in Beech Mountain Lakes on Saturday. According to a news release…...
Felony assault charges against Edwardsville woman dismissed
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (98+ words) WILKES-BARRE — A district judge dismissed charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and disorderly conduct against Shaneak Quash Hankerson, 29, on Tuesday. WILKES-BARRE â A district judge dismissed charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and disorderly conduct against Shaneak Quash Hankerson, 29, on…...
Felony assault charge against Duryea man withdrawn
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (121+ words) WILKES-BARRE — A Duryea man pleaded guilty to a non-criminal harassment offense related to a stabbing in Duryea in May. WILKES-BARRE â A Duryea man pleaded guilty to a non-criminal harassment offense related to a stabbing in Duryea in May Duryea…...
Judge dismisses terroristic threat case against man
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (125+ words) WILKES-BARRE — A man charged with threatening a female juvenile with a machete in Edwardsville had criminal offenses dismissed on Tuesday. WILKES-BARRE â A man charged with threatening a female juvenile with a machete in Edwardsville had criminal offenses dismissed on…...
Man charged with threatening softball players, resisting arrest
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (207+ words) WILKES-BARRE — City police arrested Randy Joseph Yost, 39, on allegations the threatened several people with a knife and resisted arrest after being detained in Kirby Park late Monday night, according to court records. Police responded to Kirby Park on a complaint…...
Nanticoke man pleads guilty to possessing, sharing child sexual abuse materials
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (117+ words) Times Leader WILKES-BARRE — A man from Nanticoke pled guilty to possessing and sharing child sexual abuse materials. Christian Edward Mavus, 25, of West Green Street, was charged Feb. 3 by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Computer Crime Task Force,…...
Former WB Twp. business manager waives hearing on theft charges
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (152+ words) WILKES-BARRE — Former Wilkes-Barre Township business manager Michael Edward Revitt waived his right to a preliminary hearing on allegations he used township fuel cards for personal use. Revitt, 57, who abruptly resigned from township employment on June 30, 2025, allegedly used township-issued fuel cards…...