Human Remains Found In Luzerne County Identified As Wilkes-Barre Teen Girl Who Vanished In 1969 Human Remains Found In Luzerne County Identified As Wilkes-Barre Teen Girl Who Vanished In 1969
Human Remains Found In Luzerne County Identified As Wilkes-Barre Teen Girl Who Vanished In 1969 Pennsylvania State Police have identified the human remains found in Luzerne County nearly 10 years ago as a teenage girl who went missing in 1969, they announced Tuesday, Oct. 4. The remains were discovered on Nov. 17, 2012, by individuals digging for relics on the grounds of a former coal-mining operation in Newport Township, state police said.  Authorities now know they belong to Joan Marie Dymond, who was 14 years old when she disappeared from Andover Street Park on June 25, 1969. An examination determined the remains were those of a female, estimated to be in her mid-te…
PA Inmate Threatens To Blow Up Allentown Parole Building: Report PA Inmate Threatens To Blow Up Allentown Parole Building: Report
PA Inmate Threatens To Blow Up Allentown Parole Building: Report A 65-year-old man jailed on arson offenses will be facing a new charge for threatening to blow up a parole building in Lehigh County, Fox56 reports. Timothy Koebert, an inmate at SCI Dallas in Luzerne County, threatened to bomb the Allentown parole office and put people in body bags in a series of letters, the outlet says citing Pennsylvania State Police. He also allegedly threatened to light an Allentown Walmart store on fire. Koebert, who's scheduled to be released in October, was charged with terroristic threats, according to the outlet. Click here for more from Fox56.
Two PA Lottery Players Split Match 6 Jackpot Worth $620K Two PA Lottery Players Split Match 6 Jackpot Worth $620K
Two PA Lottery Players Split Match 6 Jackpot Worth $620K Two lucky Pennsylvania lottery tickets matched all six numbers drawn, splitting the Match 6 jackpot from the Tuesday, Sept. 6 drawing. The jackpot was worth $620,000. Each winning ticket is worth $310,000. The winning numbers were: 4-6-7-21-34-40. The lucky tickets were sold at the following locations: Berks County: Redner’s Warehouse Markets, 3205 North 5th St. Highway, Reading Luzerne County: Can Do Convenience, 419 South Poplar St., Hazleton The retailers will receive a bonus check for $500 for each winning ticket sold. Winners should call 1-800-692-7481. Players…
Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports
Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports A 24-year-old man who killed one person and hurt 17 when he plowed his car into a crowd at a fire benefit and then beat a woman dead with a hammer moments later has been identified by Pennsylvania State Police, they said. Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, of Nescopeck, Luzerne County, was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge on Sunday, Aug. 14, on two courts of criminal homicide. He was denied bail and remanded to the Columbia County Correctional Facility. Reyes was behind the wheel of a car that plowed into a crowd of people on West 2nd Street at the Intoxicology Department in B…
Man, 23, Shot Dead By US Marshal In Luzerne County Man, 23, Shot Dead By US Marshal In Luzerne County
Man, 23, Shot Dead By US Marshal In Luzerne County A 23-year-old man was killed in a shootout with a US Marshals agent arresting him in Luzerne County Wednesday, Aug. 10, authorities said. Jordan Urenovitch, who was wanted on warrants for gun and drug charges, fired at a member of the Fugitive Task Force in Hazle Township when the deputy fired back, Pennsylvania State Police said. Deputies apparently spotted Urenovitch in a car before he bolted over to 22nd Street Auto Center and shot were fired around 12:40 p.m., according to PSP.  Urenovitch was pronounced dead at the hospital. The Luzerne County DA will handle the investigation.
Eastern PA Infant Dies After Being Found Unresponsive: Police Eastern PA Infant Dies After Being Found Unresponsive: Police
Eastern PA Infant Dies After Being Found Unresponsive: Police An infant died after being found unresponsive in Luzerne County, authorities said. Troopers responded to the Hazleton Apartments on West 24th Street in Hazle Township around 2:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 for a report of an unresponsive 3-month-old child, Pennsylvania State Police said. Cops found the child in bed with a man, who was asleep at the time, they said. The boy was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton, where he was pronounced dead. The infant's identity and cause of death were not immediately provided by authorities. The incident remains under investigation.
Ten Killed In Pennsylvania Fire Identified Ten Killed In Pennsylvania Fire Identified
Ten Killed In Pennsylvania Fire Identified Three children and seven adults died in a fire that destroyed a two-story home in Luzerne County, PA on Friday, Aug. 5, authorities said. The blaze broke out on the 700 block of First Street in Nescopeck around 2:40 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. Ten people died fire while three adults were able to escape, police said.  Rest In Peace angels! To all the families friends fire departments ems personal PSP and everyone else involved today who... Posted by Julie Superko Rosato on Friday, August 5, 2022 The victims were identified by police as Dale Baker, 19, Star Baker, 22, Brian Dau…
GUILTY: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY GUILTY: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY
Guilty: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV into police cars on either side of the George Washington Bridge rolled the dice and lost. After originally pleading guilty to several charges, Luis Figueroa, 41, withdrew his plea and took his chances with federal jurors in Newark. They ended up convicting him following a two-week trial. So now, instead of the 26-year deal that he originally accepted from the government, Figueroa could be sentenced to nearly 50 years in federal prison. The rampage had an “…
PA Constable Purchased 22 Firearms For Felon: AG PA Constable Purchased 22 Firearms For Felon: AG
PA Constable Purchased 22 Firearms For Felon: AG A Pennsylvania court constable is accused of purchasing weapons— including straw purchasing 22 guns— for a convicted felony, Attorney General Josh Shapiro. says. Sidney Snelling, 48, of Wilkes-Barre, was arrested on Thursday, April 28, by members of the Office of Attorney General’s Gun Violence Section, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Luzerne County Detective Bureau, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Agents also searched Snelling’s car and residence, seizing nine firearms, as well as ammunition and outlaw motorcycle vests.…
Cold Case Murderer Of 9 Year Old Girl Revealed: PA State Police Cold Case Murderer Of 9 Year Old Girl Revealed: PA State Police
Cold Case Murderer Of 9 Year Old Girl Revealed: PA State Police UPDATE: James Paul Forte, was identified as the killer based on DNA evidence on Thursday at a press conference held by Pennsylvania state police. Forte died of natural causes in May 1980, the police said at the conference. ORIGINAL: A 57-year-old cold case homicide in Luzerne County has been solved, according to Pennsylvania state police. Marise Ann Chiverella, 9, was found dead in a strip-mining pit near the Hazleton Airport on Mar. 18, 1964, authorities say. Chiverella had been sexually assaulted, physically abused, before she was murdered and left at the scene, according to police. Th…
PA Woman Told Small Children To Perform Sex Act At Family BBQ: Report PA Woman Told Small Children To Perform Sex Act At Family BBQ: Report
PA Woman Told Small Children To Perform Sex Act At Family BBQ: Report A family fun cookout took a terrible turn when a Pennsylvania woman allegedly joked that young children should perform a sex act, the Times Leader reports. Shaylene Reynolds, 18, of McAlpine Street in Avoca, Luzerne County, has been charged with encouraging a pair of six-year-old children to commit a sex act, court documents show. While families were preparing food, Reynolds was with the young boy and girl in the living when their mother walked in and discovered the children about to perform a lewd sex act, the outlet reports citing the criminal complaint. The boy told the mother it was Re…
PA Man Who Killed His Father Found Dead In Jail Cell, Officials Say PA Man Who Killed His Father Found Dead In Jail Cell, Officials Say
PA Man Who Killed His Father Found Dead In Jail Cell, Officials Say A Pennsylvania man who was serving a sentence of 15 to 30 years for murdering his father was found unresponsive in his cell, according to SCI Camp Hill superintendent Laurel Harry in a release on Monday.  Ulysses Edward Denman, 24, Larksville was found during a headcount on Saturday, according to the release. Prison staff attempted life-saving measures until medical personnel and Lower Allen emergency medical services arrived, according to the release. "Despite advanced life support measures," Denman was pronounced dead at 6:05 a.m., Harry said. The official cause of death will be de…