CRIME & SAFETY
Hazleton man charged with fleeing, filing false report
HAZLETON CITY, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Hazleton City Police Department announced Tuesday that a man was charged with fleeing and eluding police after leading officers on a chase with a dirt bike. According to police on Monday, April 29, at 7:59 p.m. officers saw a blue dirt bike driving on Locust Street and attempted […]
PD: Woman tried to smoke cocaine in front of officers
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was arrested after police say she had an active arrest warrant and tried to smoke cocaine in front of officers. On April 26 around 5:30 p.m., officers were patrolling the area of Sambourne Street when they saw Cherlynn Diamond, 34, of Kingston who had an active warrant out […]
Foster Township man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend, immediate sentence
WILKES-BARRE — A Foster Township man admitted Monday he fatally shot his girlfriend, Jessica Romano, during an argument inside their shared residence in January 2023. Scott Andrew Oliver, 31, apologized for killing Romano, 35, during what Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney James L. McMonagle called a “senseless act of violence” involving a firearm.
Death investigation in Luzerne County
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA — Officers put up yards of police tape along Keystone Avenue in Pittston Township after investigators were called to the Ken Pollock Volvo Dealership along Route 315 when the body of an employee was found behind a storage trailer. Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce says...
Luzerne County accountant pleads guilty to fraud, admits $1.5 million embezzlement
SCRANTON, Pa. — A Luzerne County accountant admitted Tuesday in federal court he embezzled more than $1.5 million from his employer in the span of a few months, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said. Lawrence Malachefski, 39, suffers from a gambling addiction, but...
Luzerne County hit and run, police chase ends in arrest
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police arrested a man for an alleged hit-and-run crash that led to a foot chase. According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, on April 28 around 4:50 a.m., officers were called to the 400 block of Madison Street for a hit-and-run crash. Officers said they were able to locate the […]
PSP continues to search for alleged stabbing suspect
FREELAND BOROUGH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced on Tuesday that troopers continue to search for an alleged stabbing victim. According to PSP Troop N-Hazleton, on September 17, 2021, troopers responded around 11:43 p.m. to a disturbance in the 300 block of Washington Street in Freeland, Luzerne County. Upon arrival, state police […]
PSP search for suspects in $1,500 TJ Maxx theft
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Pennsylvania State Police in Hazleton are searching for three people who allegedly stole over $1,500 worth of TJ Maxx products. According to state police, the three people pictured below entered the TJ Maxx at 10 Laurel Mall Drive, Hazle Township, on April 9 and put $1516.48 worth of merchandise in […]
Mother granted immediate parole for concealing child
WILKES-BARRE — A mother told a Luzerne County judge Tuesday she “overreacted” when she took her daughter, 6, from the parking lot of SkyZone in violation of a court-order in November. Courtney Morgan Simoncavage, 25, of Plymouth, was charged by Pittston Township police with taking her biological...
Police: 17-year-old Luzerne County gunman’s bullet struck a couch, narrowly missing mother and children
EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. — Police in Luzerne County arrested a 17-year-old and accused him of firing a gun into an apartment building earlier this year in Edwardsville. The bullet did not strike anyone but did hit a couch where a family was sitting. The teenager, who is charged as an...
Wilkes-Barre man sentenced on firearm, drug trafficking convictions
WILKES-BARRE — A man convicted by a Luzerne County jury on a firearm offense and pled guilty to delivering crack cocaine was sentenced in Luzerne County Court to up to two decades in state prison. Judge David W. Lupas on Friday sentenced Jeremy Battle, 34, formerly of New Market...
Luzerne County police assist North Carolina agency in online investigation
KINGSTON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police in Luzerne County confirm they helped catch a man for allegedly attempting to rape a child and other charges in North Carolina. According to the North Carolina Invictus Task Force, on April 29 multiple agencies conducted a joint investigation into the solicitation of a child by computer. According […]
Man allegedly changes appearance after Wegmans retail theft
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they arrested a man when he tried to change his appearance to evade officers after a Wegman’s retail theft. According to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department, on April 23 around 4:30 p.m., officers arrested Dannie Lee Darling, 31, of New York after a reported retail theft. Police […]
Police help rescue ducklings from storm drain
WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Carbon County police report an office helped rescue a mother duck and her ducklings from a storm drain. On Tuesday, Weatherly Police were called for a traffic problem in the area of Hudsondale Street due to several ducklings and the mother duck stranded in the roadway. Officer Michael Eyer responded […]
Two charged with multiple retail thefts at T.J. Maxx
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men have been charged after police say they were part of multiple thefts throughout the area. Wilkes-Barre Township Police say they arrested Charles Lakes, 56, of Newark, NJ & Carlone Bridges, 59, of Luzerne after they committed multiple retail thefts from TJ Maxx. Police stated the car the […]
Nearly $5,000 worth of gas stolen from truck stop in Carbon County, state police say
WHITE HAVEN, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police say almost $5,000 worth of gasoline was stolen from a truck stop in Carbon County last week. Troopers were sent to the Onvo Travel Plaza at Route 534 in White Haven, Carbon County on April 24 for the report of 1200 gallons of diesel fuel stolen, according to a news release from state police.
Crews battle brush fire in Schuylkill County
MCADOO, SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — Firefighters and forest units battled a large brush fire in McAdoo Friday. Crews were called to the fire along Treskow Road in Kline Township in the area of St. Patrick's Cemetary. According to Skook News--the fire spread over approximately 12 acres of brush land...
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