Wilkes-Barre gunman sentenced

WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man who admitted to shooting another man three times on Sambourne Street, Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced to up to four years in state prison.

Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. sentenced Nicholas Lubinski, 20, of Prospect Street, to 15 months to four years in prison on charges of aggravated assault. Lubinski was also sentenced to serve three years probation for persons not to possess a firearm.

City police detectives in court records say Lubinski fired multiple rounds from a .380-caliber firearm while chasing a man into 118 Sambourne St. on June 23, 2023.

The victim suffered three gunshot wounds to his legs and survived.

The sentence also incorporates a June 14, 2023, shooting on Blackman Street, Wilkes-Barre, where Lubinski used the same firearm to discharge rounds.