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Man found guilty of committing series of child abuse

MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A jury has found a man guilty on multiple charges stemming from an investigation into a series of child abuse.

Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced a jury convicted Timothy Paul Lawrence Jones, 48, of Bushkill, of a series of crimes related to child abuse that occurred from 2019 to 2022.

The jury convicted Jones on the following charges;

Strangulation of a household member

False imprisonment

Intimidation in a child abuse case

Endangering the welfare of a child

Terroristic threat

K-9 helps discover drugs during traffic stop

KINGSTON TWP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)—Police say they conducted a traffic stop which led to a K-9 discovering various drugs and two people facing charges.

On March 22, the Kingston Township Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle which resulted in the arrest of a wanted person.

A K-9 unit was called to the scene and alerted to drugs inside the vehicle.

Kingston Township Police

Kingston Township Police

Several packets of meth seized from apartment, woman arrested

Former treasurer of school wrestling club accused of stealing over $10K

LEHMAN TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police stated a former treasurer of the Lake Lehman Elementary Wrestling Club is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $10,000.

According to the Lehman Township Police Department, in February board members of the Lake Lehman Elementary Wrestling Club began to discuss missing funds from their account, and the treasurer at the time, 34-year-old Ryan Alan Shannon, of Sweet Valley, refused to turn over bank statements for more than a year.

Cyber criminals possibly access Social Security numbers

UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Union County reported they found ransomware on the County's computer network that could have given cyber criminals access to Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers.

On March 13, the County detected the ransomware. After an investigation with a third-party cybersecurity consultant, they found data including personally identifiable information was accessed.

Former officer arrested for allegedly impersonating police

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