Local man charged with robbery and assault after police chase in Luzerne County

A heavy police presence in Glen Lyon Monday afternoon ended in an arrest. According to reports, Joshua Goodwin of Wilkes-Barre, was apprehended about 12 p.m. after a several hour search that began on Orchard Street in Newport Township, with Goodwin assaulting a woman, then stealing a Nanticoke police cruiser. Police say a woman who was with Goodwin, Melanie Hunter Miscavage, 52, of Glen Lyon, conspired with him in the burglary. Goodwin was arraigned by District Judge Michael Dotzel of Wilkes-Barre Township on several counts, including aggravated assault and simple assault, two counts of terroristic threats, and one count each of robbery, burglary, criminal trespass, robbery of a motor vehicle, and Miscavage was arraigned on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit burglary, criminal conspiracy to commit robbery and hindering apprehension. Both are locked up at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.