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Byline: Ed Lewis Dec. 27WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre woman who conspired with another to propel a package of marijuana by slingshot into the exercise yard at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility [...]

Byline: Ed Lewis Apr. 27WILKES-BARRE A Nanticoke man was sentenced to serve up to 24 months in state prison for selling crack cocaine for cash. Jakir N. Bacote, 22, of [...]

Byline: Ed Lewis Jan. 19WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who admitted to trafficking cocaine shipped from overseas was sentenced in Luzerne County Court. Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. sentenced Jhon G. [...]

Byline: Ed Lewis Aug. 20WILKES-BARRE A man from Plains Township charged after Wilkes-Barre Township police and agents with the Luzerne County Drug Task Force found cookie size chunks of crack [...]

Byline: Ed Lewis Feb. 25-- Feb. 25--WILKES-BARRE -- A hang-up call to Luzerne County 911 in 2016 that resulted in the discovery of a marijuana growing operation and child pornography [...]

Byline: Ed Lewis Aug. 22--WRIGHT TWP. -- Three people were arrested on drug offenses after township police and the state Office of Attorney General allegedly found crystal methamphetamine, marijuana and [...]

Byline: Travis Kellar March 08--WILKES-BARRE -- A city man was sentenced to five years in prison for possessing a firearm to support his drug trafficking activity. The U.S. Attorney's Office [...]

Byline: Joe Dolinsky Feb. 27--WILKES-BARRE -- A federal judge last week sentenced a city man to 57 months in prison for his role in a cocaine ring that prosecutors say [...]

Byline: Geri Gibbons Aug. 13--WILKES-BARRE -- A Doylestown resident was charged with possession of a controlled substance on Friday, after police say they found him in possession of marijuana According [...]

Aug. 11--NANTICOKE -- A Nanticoke man was charged with possession of and intent to deliver a controlled substance after a search of his residence. Members of the Nanticoke City Police [...]

Byline: Edward Lewis Sept. 11--WILKES-BARRE -- A Hazleton man arrested in Operation Shape Up, an investigation that targeted cocaine and marijuana trafficking from a barbershop in Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced in [...]

Byline: Edward Lewis April 05--WILKES-BARRE -- A man recently arrested by Kingston police who say he was in possession of 76 heroin packets was sentenced for his role in a [...]

Byline: Edward Lewis Feb. 12--WILKES-BARRE -- A woman who appeared before a Luzerne County judge for sentencing on drug offenses was allegedly in possession of marijuana, pills and contraband, according [...]

Byline: Edward Lewis Oct. 19--WILKES-BARRE -- A Luzerne County judge dismissed a drug case against a state inmate when prosecutors failed to bring the defendant to trial within one year. [...]

Byline: Sheena Delazio April 03--WILKES-BARRE -- Marion Gause appeared before county judges twice Tuesday -- once to get married, the second time to be sentenced. Gause's honeymoon will be short-lived: [...]

Byline: Edward Lewis Nov. 05--HANOVER TWP. -- A man was arraigned Friday in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on drug offenses after police allegedly found more than 5 pounds of high-grade marijuana [...]

Byline: Edward Lewis April 07--KINGSTON -- A woman free on bail on charges she sold heroin earlier this year was arrested Tuesday on similar allegations. Renee Andrea Morinelli, 49, of [...]

Byline: Sheena Delazio July 01--WILKES-BARRE -- A city woman charged in what a police official called the largest heroin bust in the city's history was sentenced Wednesday to six to [...]