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COURT BRIEFS - 07/03/2009
WILKES-BARRE – A 20-year-old Hazleton man was sentenced Thursday to two years, three months to four years, six months in prison on charges he discharged a firearm at a fight in downtown Hazleton last April.

Police Blotter - 07/03/2009
PLYMOUTH TWP. – State police at Wyoming are searching for David Romanowski, 27, of West Nanticoke, in connection with a burglary on East Poplar Street, West Nanticoke, on June 13.

Police Blotter - 07/03/2009
KINGSTON – Police said they arrested a man they allege rammed a cruiser with his vehicle after a domestic dispute involving a knife early Thursday morning.

Police Blotter - 07/02/2009
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents:

court briefs - 07/02/2009
WILKES-BARRE – A man accused by Edwardsville police with e-mailing a picture of a woman’s genital he pierced pleaded guilty to harassment on Wednesday.

police blotter - 07/02/2009
LUZERNE COUNTY – Sobriety checkpoints will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the townships of Butler, Kingston and Sugarloaf, according to the Luzerne County Sobriety Checkpoint Program.

Police Blotter - 07/01/2009
HANOVER TWP. – A man was charged by township police on Tuesday with assaulting a woman, according to the criminal complaint.

Police Blotter - 07/01/2009
HAZLE TWP. – Two people were arrested by state police at Hazleton on Sunday for allegedly breaking into a garage and stealing an all-terrain vehicle and money.

COURT BRIEFS - 06/30/2009
WILKES-BARRE – Two women charged in a fatal hit-and-run accident have asked a judge to reconsider his decision not to dismiss the charges against them.

Police Blotter - 06/30/2009
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:

Police Blotter - 06/28/2009
PLAINS TWP. – Police arrested a woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in the wrist and back at their Jones Street home on Saturday.

Police Blotter - 06/28/2009
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents:

Police Blotter - 06/27/2009
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents:

Police Blotter - 06/27/2009
FORTY FORT – Billy Jo McDermott, 35, of 140 Summit St., of Edwardsville, was arraigned Friday morning on two misdemeanor counts of DUI and numerous summary traffic citations, including careless and reckless driving, court records ...

House OKs energy-climate bill - 06/27/2009
WASHINGTON — In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation’s first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in ...