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SUNBURY — Four more counties — Bradford, Sullivan Venango and Wyoming — have been added to the state's spotted lanternfly quarantine.

SUNBURY — Due to inclement weather, the Easter Bunny will have to wait until April 19 to hop into Sunbury for the Good Will Hose Company and the Sunbury Police Department all-inclusive Easter egg hunt.

WILLIAMSPORT — Convicted killer Miranda Barbour claims a state parole agent sexually abused her in a recently filed a federal lawsuit against 14 officials at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy.

MIFFLINBURG — A New York man sped through an accident scene on Interstate 80 and then fled from state troopers at more than 120 mph in Lewis Township on March 28, according to state police in Milton.

BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been sentenced after a two-year-old came in contact with illegal drugs.

Pennsylvania State Police charged 28-year-old Joshua Tripp, from Wysox, after he allowed a two-year-old child to come in contact with his illegal drugs, causing the child to act strangely and require medical attention, according to the Bradford County District Attorney's Office.

Woman sentenced for stealing $75K from fire company

Officials say the child fully recovered but tested positive for benzodiazepine and fentanyl.

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two communities teamed up to clear a large dumpsite along the west bank of the Susquehanna River after it was discovered by public works crews.

Public Works Departments from Wilkes-Barre City and Edwardsville Borough spent Friday morning clearing the piles of debris from a wooded area near Kirby Park.

"The accumulation of garbage was discovered by Wilkes-Barre City DPW crews after the homeless encampment in Kirby Park was cleared in late March by the city," said Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown.

BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman has been sentenced after she stole over $75,000 from a fire company while she was the secretary/treasurer.

According to the Bradford County District Attorney's Office, 42-year-old Patricia Tuttle was charged with theft and related offenses after she stole from the Franklin Township Fire Department.

Pennsylvania State Police began an investigation after it was learned that Tuttle stole over $75,000 through fraudulent PayPal transactions and ATM withdrawals from the fire company while she was employed as the secretary/treasurer there.

(WBRE/WYOU) — A&A Auto Parts has announced it will close nine of its ten remaining locations in Pennsylvania.

The closures will impact the following locations:

Moosic

Scranton

Hazleton

Bloomsburg

Dallas

Peckville

Selinsgrove

Allentown

Honesdale

The flagship store located at 1575 Wyoming Avenue in Exeter will remain open for business.

MUNCY, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of a woman who allegedly dealt with sexual assault from a parole agent while incarcerated at SCI Muncy.

The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) stated they filed a lawsuit on behalf of Miranda Barbour due to a "horrifying pattern of relentless sexual assault, harassment, and stalking" by a parole agent, Kenneth Jones, while Barbour was incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy.