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Teen riding bike dies after being struck by car

SUSQUEHANNA BORO, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a 19-year-old died after a car hit her while she was riding her bicycle.

According to PSP, on Sunday, September 1 around 4:30 p.m., a crash happened on East Main Street near the intersection of Spring Avenue in Susquehanna.

Man charged in stabbing under Pierce Street Bridge

Police stated Hannah Saffer, 19, of Susquehanna, was riding her bike when she entered the area without stopping at a stop sign. This then led to a car traveling north on East Main Street to hit her, troopers reported.

Man sentenced for killing mother in Luzerne County

SUGAR NOTCH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been sentenced after police say he brutally killed his mother in Luzerne County back in 2020.

Tuesday morning Erik Watkins changed his plea to guilty for criminal homicide of the 3rd degree in the death of his mother 60-year-old Patricia Watkins. Judge Vough accepted the plea and Watkins was immediately sentenced.

On December 13, 2020, Patricia was beaten to death in her Sugar Notch home on Maffett Street by her son, Erik Watkins, investigators stated.

Patricia Watkins

Man charged in stabbing under Pierce Street Bridge

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police have charged a man after they say he was involved in a stabbing under the Pierce Street Bridge in Kingston.

According to the Kingston Police Department, officers were called to an area below the Pierce Street Bridge for a reported stabbing on August 30 around 11:00 p.m.

Police say once on the scene, a man identified as Ryan McCawley Mathis, 22, of Plains Township, voluntarily stated that he "did stab someone."

Bob Kadluboski

Ten arrested during DUI checkpoints

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