WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police say he gave a 15-year-old weed and requested sexual favors in exchange.
According to the Williamsport Bureau of Police, in the Spring of 2024, Donnell Edwards, 35, was talking with a 15-year-old girl through a messaging app and would send her inappropriate photos.
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A visitation for Lieutenant Kelly Hopkins of the Scranton Fire Department will be held on Thursday, March 20.
The visitation will last from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Edward J. Chomko Funeral Home.
The funeral home is located at 262 Railroad Avenue in Scranton.
A memorial mass for Lt. Hopkins will be held at the Cathedral of Saint Peter located at 315 Wyoming Avenue Scranton on Friday, March 21 at 9:30 a.m.
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HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they have charged a man with impersonating an officer to trick a woman about a no trespassing sign.
The Hazleton City Police Department charged Jose Santos, of Sugarloaf, for an incident in January where they say he used a police badge on a woman living in the area of North Pine Street.
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Police said Santos pretended to be an officer and told the woman he could arrest her for having a no trespassing sign on her property.
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men have been arrested after a drug task force shut down a large-scale fentanyl distribution in Luzerne County, police say.
According to the Hazleton City Police Department, on February 27, multiple detectives executed two search warrants in the 100 block of West 1st Street in Hazleton and the 300 block of 36th Street in Hazle Township.
Police stated two men, 47-year-old Miguel Carrasquillo Apolinaris and 53-year-old Luis Mercado Alicea were arrested and identified as key players of this drug trafficking organization.
SUNBURY — A Sunbury man will head to trial on a homicide charge after a Northumberland County judge ruled District Attorney Mike O’Donnell can use alleged gang affiliation as part of the case.
SUNBURY — City officials are looking forward to a pair of events to clean up the Susquehanna River and Sunbury in April.
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