CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Carbon County couple faces charges after state police say they sexually assaulted a child over the past several years. 38-year-old James Westgate and 40-year-old Deborah Westgate of Allentown are both charged. Troopers say the abuse began in 2020.
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It's 30 years behind bars for a Northumberland County man convicted of producing child porn. Prosecutors say 54-year-old Scott Snyder entered a child's home at night to carry it out back in 2012 and 2013. The federal judge who sentenced Snyder calls it one of the most heinous crimes he has seen [...]
BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Bradford County man who spent nearly two decades in prison for stealing from the dead walks away with probation. Prosecutors say 76-year-old Richard Burke never told the government his mother died in 2005, and kept withdrawing her social security and veterans benefits until 2022, totaling up to $350,000. His sentence: one year [...]
(WBRE/WYOU)— A desperate search is underway for a missing disabled veteran from the Lehigh Valley. 43-year-old Matthew Thompson was last seen two weeks ago in the Mount Pocono area after driving from his Bethlehem home to pick up keys to a new home. His car was later found towed from the Foxfire complex off Route [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— New details in the Wilkes-Barre homicide investigation into the death of 15-year-old La’Niyah Clark. Officials are now saying her biological aunt has been detained in Maryland in connection with the case, according to a release from the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office. According to the district attorney’s office, the body found [...]
(WBRE/WYOU) — A man wanted for alleged arson to get rid of spiders in the Poconos has been arrested in New York, police say. 36-year-old Sean McDermott of Pocono Pines was arrested in New York on Wednesday, February 25, after police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle. Officers said they then saw the [...]
GREENFIELD TWP., LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman killed after being ejected during a crash in Lackawanna County has been identified. 39-year-old Courtney McCarthy of Greenfield Township was killed in a crash on Route 247 Thursday afternoon. Coroner Timothy Rowland stated McCarthy died from multiple traumatic injuries she sustained after she lost control of her [...]
BLAKESLEE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing homicide charges after police say he shot a woman through a window, killing her. On February 26, the Pocono Mountain Regional Police were called to Mountain Terrace in Blakeslee, where a man called 911, claiming he shot a burglar who was outside his window. The man, [...]
LEWISBURG — Internationally known poet and performer Sarah Kay brought her craft and perspective to Bucknell University this week as the poet-in-residence for the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Family, friends, and members of the community took to Wilkes-Barre city council Thursday night to express their frustrations with city leaders for the handling of the now deceased 15-year-old La'Niyah Clark. The teenager had been missing for more than a month before her body was discovered last weekend in south [...]
