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Police Blotter - 01/05/2009
HAZLETON – Hazleton police said Roberto Carlos Marquez, 21, suffered stab wounds to his chest and one stab wound to his left leg just after midnight Sunday along West Broad Street near the Hazleton Shopping Center.

Police Blotter - 01/04/2009
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:

COURT BRIEFS - 01/03/2009
WILKES-BARRE – The death penalty trial of a Philadelphia man charged with a fatal drug-related shooting has been scheduled for April 20.

Police Blotter - 01/03/2009
NANTICOKE – City police are probing a burglary that occurred at Uni-Mart, 18 N. Market St., Friday morning, police said.

Police: Man attempted to rape woman in W-B Police Blotter - 01/02/2009
WILKES-BARRE – City police said a man attempted to rape a 49-year-old woman at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when she was walking near Sullivan Street and Olive Lane.

Police Blotter - 01/01/2009
WILKES-BARRE – Ashley Grohman, 22, reported at 5 p.m. Monday that her 1998 Ford Windstar, license plate FJV-7308, was stolen from East Northampton Street.

COURT BRIEFS - 01/01/2009
WILKES-BARRE – A 27-year-old Drums man pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing prescription drugs from a Hazleton residence.

Police Blotter - 12/31/2008
HAZLETON – Firewalls and efficient work from emergency personnel contained an arson set to shut down a Chinese restaurant in which it originated, city fire Chief Donald Leshko said.

Police Blotter - 12/30/2008
HOLLENBACK TWP. – Flames broke out at 663 East County Road around 5:15 p.m. Monday, but a quick-acting neighbor with a fire extinguisher and quick emergency response kept the fire confined to the living room, said Hobbie Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Robert Reader.

COURT BRIEFS - 12/30/2008
WILKES-BARRE -- A man accused by Plymouth police for allegedly selling heroin from a home waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Central Court on Monday.

COURT BRIEFS - 12/30/2008
WILKES-BARRE – An inmate who was recently awarded $35,000 in a settlement of a brutality suit against the Luzerne County prison has asked a judge to lower his sentence.