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Judge Munley’s wife heads to recovery after deadly crash
JESSUP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The wife of Lackawanna County’s Judge Tom Munley is in the hospital recovering from a crash Thursday morning. The judge’s wife had her first surgery last night and a second one Friday. It was a medical emergency that caused the driver to lose control of the car, striking Jodean Munley, […]
Wanted Man Stole Firearm From Poconos Gun Range: Police
Lawrence J. Handlovic, 34, walked into Pocono Pistol at 85 North 1st Street on July 4, said police. He rented a 9mm Glock handgun, used the indoor shooting range, then fled with the gun through an emergency exit, according to investigators. Handlovic was gone when police arrived but he left behind his driver's license which authorities used to identify him.
Police: Scranton man beat another man with tire iron
SCRANTON — A city man woke another man by hitting him in the head with a tire iron Thursday, according to a criminal complaint. Wyatt Pinkey, 21, of 320 Meadow Ave., allegedly struck Joshua Fetfatzes several times with the tool. When police responded to the assault report at about...
DUI checkpoints set in Lackawanna County
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Lackawanna County. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” State police will be conducting the DUI checkpoints in Scranton across areas […]
Drug death prosecutions on the rise, but most overdoses still go unpunished
Prosecutions of drug delivery resulting in death cases have increased in recent years, but still the vast majority of fatal overdoses in Northeast Pennsylvania and across the state go unpunished, according to recent data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. The data — released as state lawmakers contemplate a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison for the offense — show that 16 people have been charged in Luzerne County with drug delivery resulting in death since the county's first arrests were announced...
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