CRIME & SAFETY

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is being accused of abandoning a 3-year-old in a car as he tried to run from multiple police responding to a chase. According to the Scranton Police Department, on Friday around 7:00 p.m., state police pulled over a car on the McDade Expressway that was weaving in between […]

HONESDALE, WAYNE CO. (WOLF) — A Scranton man was charged with stalking and threatening to murder his victim. John Russo, 35, was arrested in Wayne County after detectives said he sent a victim several messages threatening to murder them. According to Wayne County detectives, two messages were sent to...

SPRING BROOK TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A suspect involved in a Lackawanna County shooting that left a 17-year-old dead has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. According to court officials, Evan Daniel Wasko, 19, has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder after a shooting in Spring Brook Township left 17-year-old Joseph Roberson dead on the side […]

GLENBURN TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A driver was able to walk away after their vehicle rolled over in Lackawanna County. The SUV crashed just before 1:30 Tuesday morning on North Gravel Pond Road in Glenburn Township near Clarks Summit. There was only one vehicle involved and there were no injuries reported. Police have not […]

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Multiple fire crews were called to the scene at the former Cascades Tissue Group warehouse on Main Street in Ransom Township Tuesday afternoon. The fire started shortly after 1:30pm, when salvage crews working inside the building were cutting pipes. According to Newton Ransom Fire Chief John Stemphoski, sparks from the pipe cutting caught the insulation inside the roof, which started the fire.

Just as jury selection was about to get underway yesterday morning, the 19 year old accused of shooting and killing another teen entered into a plea deal in Lackawanna County Court. Evan Wasko of Scranton admitted to shooting and killing 17-year-old Joseph Roberson in Spring Brook Township in June of last year. Wasko pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. The plea agreement calls for Wasko to be sentenced to the maximum penalty, which is 20-to-40 years behind bars. A sentencing date has not been set.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — A Scranton woman has been arrested on animal cruelty charges. Stephanie Ruzicka was charged after authorities found a neglected dog locked in a cage and two dead puppies in her residence. On Sept. 19, Scranton Animal Control responded to a call involving the discovery...

PLYMOUTH — Police in Plymouth Borough arrested a man they allege discharged up to 10 rounds from a 9mm handgun at a rival as dash cameras recorded the shooting on East Main Street Monday afternoon. Jahill Harvell, 22, was standing with two other men in front of his residence...

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are searching for a woman they say replaced barcodes with low price tags on items at Target. According to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department, on September 10 a woman entered Target, removed tickets from items, and replaced them with lower-price barcodes. Police say the suspect went to the […]

EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators say they arrested two people at a Dollar General after discovering cocaine and various drugs in their possession. According to the Wyoming Area Regional Police, on Friday around 8:00 p.m., officers were conducting patrols near the Dollar General in Exeter. Police say during the patrols, officers identified two people, […]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Monday was a dark day in history as 28/22 News marks the 41st anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting of its time. Wilkes-Barre was the center of attention back in 1982 after the former Camp Hill Prison Guard George Banks went on a shooting spree with an AR-15. He killed […]

Investigators told News Center 7 that the driver of the Cadillac failed to maintain reasonable control and drove off the road into the home.

To avoid death row, a Falls man has agreed to tell detectives the details of what happened the night he drugged, kidnapped and killed his elderly mother earlier this year. At a brief court appearance Tuesday, Sean Rivera, 28, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on five felony charges including homicide and...

Luzerne County Councilman Stephen J. Urban has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault and one misdemeanor count of solicitation of evidence tampering after allegedly threatening a group of children and chasing them with a baseball bat. The alleged incident occurred on Aug. 25, and resulted from a...

The 11-year-old was walking back with a friend after visiting her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, now the Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital, on August 26, 1986, according to state police investigators. They parted ways after reaching her friend's house on Myrtle Street, and Lakey continued onto North Washington Avenue toward...

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — An area woman has been sentenced to over one year in prison for trafficking fentanyl. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Candacelee Ellis, 37, of Plymouth, Luzerne County, was sentenced on Friday, September 22, to two and a half years in prison, after being […]

WILKES-BARRE — A New Jersey man faces decades in state prison after admitting he fatally shot Peter McCoy during a parking dispute in Kingston more than a year ago. Tyquan Lassiter, 27, of Hackensack, pled guilty to third-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm for the fatal shooting in the parking lot of Leonardo’s Club on Sept. 10, 2022.

A 21-year-old Middletown man who was shot multiple times by police after allegedly pointing a toy gun at two officers earlier this year is facing felony charges stemming from the incident. Benjamin Charles Fell was arraigned Sept. 20 on two counts of felony aggravated assault and felony fleeing or attempting...

This week in Scranton, Pennsylvania, several incidents occurred that raised concerns for public safety. These incidents include animal cruelty charges, the arrest of a fugitive, a rollover crash, the evacuation of a mall due to a police incident, arrests for breaking into a police impound, and an update on a constable investigation.

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police have identified two out of three suspects accused of installing a card skimmer at a Luzerne County Walmart. According to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department, as of Friday, two of the three suspects have been identified as Romanian Nationals. Police say that various parts of the country, such […]