Skip to content Skip to navigation

News

Homicide charges filed after Dunmore woman found shot in bed

LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has officially been charged with homicide after a Dunmore woman was found shot in the head inside the bedroom of her Dunmore home.

37-year-old Maxwell Hawkins has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of 36-year-old Nicole Vega.

On January 3, police were called to the unit block of Veterans Drive in Dunmore just before 11:30 p.m. for a report of an unresponsive woman. Hawkins was found in the kitchen of the home "visibly intoxicated and acting extremely erratic," police reported.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - News