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Police say man shot over $5 marijuana debt

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been charged after police say one person was shot and car windows were smashed with a baseball bat over a $5 marijuana debt.

Police say Isaac Blyther, 24, of Wilkes-Barre, has been charged after allegedly shooting a man who was breaking his car windows with a baseball bat over a marijuana debt around 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

Man sentenced up to 60 years for murdering his grandmother

Man sentenced to up to 27 years for child abuse

MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been sentenced to 13 to 27 years in prison after being found guilty on multiple charges in a series of child abuse incidents.

According to Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin, Timothy Paul Lawrence Jones, 48 of Bushkill, was found guilty of 15 separate charges, including:

Strangulation of a household member

False imprisonment

Intimidation in a child abuse case

Endangering the welfare of children

Six counts of simple assault

Other related charges

Along with a $4,300 fine

Man sentenced up to 60 years for murdering his grandmother

MILFORD TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Pike County man has been sentenced to 23 to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to the homicide of his grandmother in April of 2024.

According to Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin, George F. Sisco pleaded guilty but mentally ill on March 7 to third-degree murder, arson, endangering persons, and terroristic threats and was sentenced on May 9 to 23 to 60 years in prison for the murder of his grandmother.

According to police, Sisco struck, then stabbed his grandmother, and set her body on fire.

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