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WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following: »

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WILKES-BARRE -- A Hazleton man charged for his role in a case in which police say a 6-year-old boy was inside a home in deplorable conditions and locked in a closet was sentenced Tuesday to three to 18 months in county prison. »

COURT BRIEFS

WILKES-BARRE – A Mechanicsburg man convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison has appealed his case to the state Superior Court. »

Police Blotter

WILKES-BARRE – A man was arraigned Friday in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on charges he escaped police custody while police were investigating a traffic stop in Sherman Hills apartment complex on March 4. »

court briefs

WILKES-BARRE – The request of a Pittston Township man to reduce his $100,000 bail on charges related to firing a gun into a tax office in early January was denied Thursday. »

Police Blotter

KINGSTON – A man was arraigned Wednesday in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on charges he burned his girlfriend with a cigarette and provided a false date of birth to police. »

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WILKES-BARRE – A Luzerne woman charged with using another woman’s credit card to make several purchases in 2010 was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation. »

COURT BRIEF

WILKES-BARRE – Papers filed Monday in county court indicate the family of a man who died in a hit-and-run crash will be filing a lawsuit against the driver who struck the man. »

Police Blotter

WILKES-BARRE – Police cited Joseph Williams, 50, of Shavertown, on public drunkenness charges after he was allegedly found lying by the roadway near the corner of South Pennsylvania Avenue and South Franklin Street at 4:11 p.m. Saturday. »

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WILKES-BARRE – The sentencing of a Harrisburg man charged for his role in a robbery turned deadly in December 2010 has been delayed until later this month. »

Police Blotter

HAZLE TWP. – A Larksville man was arraigned Thursday in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on charges he stole a Kitchenaid stand mixer from Boscov’s in the Laurel Mall. »

Court briefs

WILKES-BARRE – A city man charged with having a role in a $3.6 million cocaine distribution ring was sentenced Wednesday to three to six years in state prison. »

COURT BRIEFS

WILKES-BARRE – A Hanover Township woman charged in connection with a deadly home invasion will face a trial in June with her co-defendant, a judge said Tuesday. »

COURT BRIEFS

WILKES-BARRE – A city man sentenced in December to 11 to 22 years in state prison in the beating of a Plymouth man in November 2010 has appealed his sentence to the state Superior Court. »

Court briefs

WILKES-BARRE – A Jenkins Township man who was Tasered nearly a dozen times in an April incident in which police say he was using synthetic drugs known as bath salts was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation. »

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