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MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The United States District Attorney's Office announced the arrest of a 46-year-old man from Stroudsburg after he allegedly secured $2.2 million and spent it on some luxury items.

Officials say that Brian Albelli of Stroudsburg was sentenced to 48 months of prison time following his convictions of wire fraud and money laundering.

The U.S. District Attorney's Office states that Albelli filed approximately 20 fraudulent applications for pandemic stimulus funds under various business entities under hid and his family's control.

Breweries from all over the country will make their way to Pottsville for the 10th Schuylkill County Brewfest.

The project along Route 115 in Chestnuthill Township is expected to end by August 8.

While previous presidents have criticized the Fed's decisions, Trump’s sustained campaign is an unusual departure from the norm.

The 1,100 universities that comprise the NCAA have insisted for decades that athletes are students who cannot be considered anything like a school employee.

Massive amounts of electricity are needed to support the complex servers and equipment for AI, which also need a tremendous amount of water to keep cool.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday in relation to the death of a store clerk.

This comes after a robbery in December 2020 in which a 50-year-old employee of Craig's Food Mart in Hazleton, Ashokkumar Patel, was fatally shot.

Burglar removes air conditioner to break into home

Security cameras at the store captured Jafet Rodriguez committing the crime. Patel was mopping when Rodriguez rushed into the store wearing a mask, shoved Patel into a closet and shot him.

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Todd Tarselli was resentenced to at least 46 years behind bars for the murder of Mark Bunchalk.

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns spoke with a doctor about the causes of gastroenteritis and how to treat it.