Edward Lewis

<p>BUTLER TWP. — A man from Berks County was arraigned in Butler Township on Thursday on allegations he sent sexually explicit messages and solicited nude photographs from a teenage girl.</p>

<p>EXETER — A Kingston Township man is facing animal cruelty offenses related to the deaths of his two Golden Retrievers who perished inside his vehicle with the windows rolled up while he patronized a veterans social club in June.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A woman with an address in Nevada was banned from Mohegan Arena as part of her sentence for trespassing at the facility and initiating a struggle with Wilkes-Barre Township police officers.</p>

<p>PLAINS TWP. — Four counterfeit $100 bills were found inside a misplaced purse at Mohegan Pennsylvania, reported the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Gaming Enforcement.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A Scranton man was charged with brandishing a firearm at attendees of the No Kings protest on Public Square on Saturday.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — An attorney for Hazleton homicide suspect Frangel Garcia Andujar criticized the police investigation during his opening statement to a Luzerne County jury, saying the probe was “corrupt” and a rush to judgement to make an arrest.</p>

<p>PITTSTON — A 19-year-old woman from Pittston died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash in Pittston on Thursday night.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — For most of Thursday’s hour-long hearing, Amanda Lynn Gregorio kept her head away and wiped her eyes on her shirt as a school social worker, a family friend and two employees at the Luzerne County Children’s Advocacy Center testified about bruises on her daughter.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — Investigators with the Pennsylvania State Police at Hazleton were given two cellular phones in Boston, Mass., where Reymer Gonzales was arrested for his alleged role in a fatal shooting in Hazle Township in April 2023.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A man from Ashley facing multiple offenses of stealing items from vehicles while allegedly driving a stolen vehicle was sentenced Tuesday for using a stolen bank card to purchase items at several businesses and trespassing at a motel.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — When the homicide trial of Frangel Garcia Andujar is scheduled to begin in Luzerne County Court next week, he’ll be free of any witness interference allegations.</p>

<p>FACTORYVILLE — A police officer from Dalton Borough is recovering after being stabbed multiple times allegedly by Devan M. Fenton on Wednesday, according to the Pennsylvania State Police at Tunkhannock.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A Plains Township man and a juvenile from Pocono Lake were cited by Wilkes-Barre City police with spray painting graffiti on the Market Street Bridge early Tuesday morning.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A man from West Wyoming reported to city police he was robbed by two men during a private sale of a Sony PlayStation 5 gaming system on West River Street on Sunday.</p>

<p>HANOVER TWP. — Police in Hanover Township say they are investigating a burglary at The Salvation Army store on the Sans Souci Parkway Saturday night.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A woman from Duryea was sentenced to up to five years in state prison for endangering a child by living in a house described as deplorable with illicit drugs.</p>

<p>SCRANTON — Court clerks who staffed the courtroom of Lackawanna County Judge Michael J. Barrasse definitely earned their pay on Monday.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man charged with throwing an 11-month-old boy onto a bed resulting in the toddler’s death from a head injury waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Monday.</p>

<p>WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man had an early wake-up call at his West Hollenback Street residence early Wednesday morning.</p>

<p>BUTLER TWP. — A man wearing no clothes forced his way inside the Fritzingertown Senior Living Community and assaulted two older adult women before he was found barricaded inside a laundry room and arrested on Sunday, according to Butler Township police.</p>