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Police Blotter - 08/20/2008
FREELAND – A man was charged Monday after police said he assaulted a woman and struck a man with a vehicle.

COURT BRIEFS - 08/19/2008
WILKES-BARRE – A Hazleton woman awaiting a formal arraignment for her role in the death of her 3-month-old son filed a petition Friday asking a judge to dismiss her from prosecution and to release her from prison.

Police Blotter - 08/19/2008
PLAINS TWP. – State police gaming enforcement reported the following incidents:

COURT BRIEFS - 08/19/2008
WILKES-BARRE – A Bucknell University honor student convicted in June of shooting an off-duty firefighter outside a Plains Township nightclub in 2007 and sentenced last month to five to 10 years in prison has appealed a Superior Court decision denying a petition to modify his prison sentence.

Police Blotter - 08/18/2008
WILKES-BARRE – Police are still searching for suspects involved in the Saturday armed robbery outside Pizza Fellas on South Main Street.

Police Blotter - 08/17/2008
WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following:

COURT BRIEFS - 08/16/2008
WILKES-BARRE – A Dupont man was sentenced Thursday to four to 12 months in county prison on drug-related charges stemming from an April 2007 traffic stop.

Police Blotter - 08/16/2008
HAZLETON – A store clerk was hurt in a downtown robbery on Wednesday morning.

Court Briefs - 08/15/2008
WILKES-BARRE – Luzerne County prosecutors said in court papers filed Wednesday they believe a man serving a 16 �-to-33-year sentence received an effective defense at his trial.

Police Blotter - 08/15/2008
KINGSTON – A man was charged Wednesday after police said he sexually assaulted a young girl inside an Elm Street home in April.

COURT BRIEFS - 08/14/2008
WILKES-BARRE – Charges against a city man accused of growing marijuana in his home were forwarded to Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday after a preliminary hearing before District Judge Fred Pierantoni of Pittston.

Police Blotter - 08/14/2008
DORRANCE TWP. – State police at Hazleton identified the two people killed in a head-on crash Tuesday night on Blue Ridge Trail as Rodney Deets, 57, of Wapwallopen, and Patricia Custer, 49, of Mountain Top.

COURT BRIEFS - 08/14/2008
WILKES-BARRE – A Philadelphia man was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in jail on drug-related charges.

court briefs - 08/13/2008
WILKES-BARRE – An attorney for an 18-year-old girl charged with criminal homicide asked a Luzerne County judge on Tuesday to forward her case to juvenile court.

Police Blotter - 08/13/2008
DORRANCE – Two people were killed Tuesday night in a crash northbound on Interstate 81, near the Dorrance exit ramp and Blue Ridge Trail overpass, according to Luzerne County 911.