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MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A jury has found a man guilty on multiple charges stemming from an investigation into a series of child abuse.

Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced a jury convicted Timothy Paul Lawrence Jones, 48, of Bushkill, of a series of crimes related to child abuse that occurred from 2019 to 2022.

The jury convicted Jones on the following charges;

Strangulation of a household member

False imprisonment

Intimidation in a child abuse case

Endangering the welfare of a child

Terroristic threat

KINGSTON TWP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)—Police say they conducted a traffic stop which led to a K-9 discovering various drugs and two people facing charges.

On March 22, the Kingston Township Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle which resulted in the arrest of a wanted person.

A K-9 unit was called to the scene and alerted to drugs inside the vehicle.

Kingston Township Police

Kingston Township Police

Several packets of meth seized from apartment, woman arrested

LEHMAN TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police stated a former treasurer of the Lake Lehman Elementary Wrestling Club is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $10,000.

According to the Lehman Township Police Department, in February board members of the Lake Lehman Elementary Wrestling Club began to discuss missing funds from their account, and the treasurer at the time, 34-year-old Ryan Alan Shannon, of Sweet Valley, refused to turn over bank statements for more than a year.

UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Union County reported they found ransomware on the County's computer network that could have given cyber criminals access to Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers.

On March 13, the County detected the ransomware. After an investigation with a third-party cybersecurity consultant, they found data including personally identifiable information was accessed.

Former officer arrested for allegedly impersonating police

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Electric City Trolley Museum will offer a special "then and now" trolley excursion on the historic Laurel Line on Saturday, April 26.

The excursion will follow the intercity route of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad that once connected Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.

Motormen John Sheerin and Bob Young will host informative journeys along the interurban rail line at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.

Showcasing talents at 4th Annual NEPA’s Got Talent

WILKES-BARRE TWP. LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former Schuylkill County police officer is accused of getting caught impersonating an officer to police.

Wilkes-Barre Township Police say they pulled over 31-year-old Angel Abreu-Nunez after they saw his truck had a fraudulent/counterfeit Pennsylvania Temporary License Plate.

During the stop, police said Abreu-Nunez identified himself as an off-duty officer and provided a Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission identification card for a police department in Schuylkill County.

BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was arrested after police say they discovered her selling methamphetamine from her apartment in Pennsylvania.

Berwick Police: Erin Houseweart

According to the Berwick Police Department, in March officers started an investigation into 30-year-old Erin Houseweart for selling methamphetamine out of an apartment complex in the 900 block of West Front Street in Berwick.

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