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LEWISBURG — Members of the public will have a chance to meet the new chief of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department.

LEWISBURG — More than a dozen artists with a connection to Lewisburg are currently featured as part of a special exhibition, “Art in Lewisburg: A 50-Year Retrospective,” at the Gallery at 15 N. Water St.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Lackawanna County man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and to pay over two million dollars in restitution for major artwork thefts.

After a two-month trial, Thomas Trotta, 49, of Dunmore pleaded guilty to one count of theft of major artwork and admitted to stealing multiple pieces of art and sports memorabilia.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)—Officers reported that an unknown man was in a woman's bathtub and told her not to call the police.

According to the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, on March 14, around 5:00 a.m., officers were called to South Meade Street for a burglary report.

Man accused of kidnapping child for ‘ding-dong ditching’

On the scene, the victim told police when she entered her bathroom, she saw a light coming from the bathtub. The victim then pulled back the shower curtain and saw a man sitting inside the tub, officers stated.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man is being charged after he allegedly kidnapped a child, and held them at gunpoint for "ding-dong ditching" around the neighborhood.

The Scranton Police Department stated on March 7, around 10:30 p.m., officers were called to East Elm Street for a 12-year-old reporting that a man pointed a gun at her.

The victim told police she was playing "ding-dong ditch" with her friends when the group knocked on 56-year-old Robert Ulrich's door.

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Blaze Pizza Pi Day is here with their discounted pizza for $3.14.

Blaze Pizza celebrates Pi Day with a one-day event where their pizza will be $3.14.

Pi Day is on March 14, written as 3/14 in date form in the U.S. Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, correlating it to circle pizza pies. The diameter is the distance from edge to edge, and the circumference is the distance around the circle.

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