CRIME & SAFETY
Jury selection begins in Old Forge murder trial
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A murder trial is underway seven years after a businessman from Lackawanna County disappeared and was found dead last year. It’s the criminal trial for Justin Schuback of Old Forge. He is facing six charges including first, second, and third-degree murder for the death of Robert Baron Senior. The trial is […]
Police: Man arrested menaced others with rifle
SCRANTON, Pa. — Police in Lackawanna County said a man armed with an AK-47 rifle menaced others in part of West Scranton on Saturday night. Officers responded to Oram Street and North Bromley Avenue around 7:30 p.m. According to police, Elvis Ray Nieves-Medina showed up at a porch there carrying the rifle about 15 minutes after getting into a minor verbal argument with someone who lives there.
Former Lackawanna County attorney sentenced for forgery, tampering
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A former attorney from Lackawanna County, disbarred amid allegations he lied to clients and forged signatures to hide his misdeeds, has been sentenced in Luzerne County after a plea. James Conaboy pleaded guilty last week in Luzerne County court to two counts of forgery and two...
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