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5-month-old suffers brain bleed, man charged with abuse

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing child abuse charges after police say he fled to Mississippi when a child was found injured with a brain bleed. Steven Brownlee has been charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the assault of a five-month-old child. [...]

Son accused of stealing $88K from mom to pay gambling debt

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police say he swindled over $88,000 from his mother to support a gambling addiction while she was in a nursing home. 41-year-old Orlando Blackwell, of Wilkes-Barre, is facing charges that allege he transferred funds and issued himself checks from his 81-year-old mother’s accounts from [...]

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