By Rick Hiduk / Map by Google Pennsylvania State troopers patrolling Nicholson Township, Wyoming County, just after midnight on June 13 engaged in a 6.6-mile, high-speed pursuit of a man from central Pennsylvania that ended in Lenox Township, Susquehanna County. The defendant, Kenneth Burgess of Glen Richey, was already wantedContinue Reading
Story by Rick Hiduk / Map by Google Maps State Police at Tunkhannock have formally pressed charges against three Luzerne County residents in connection with an impromptu April 24 drug bust at D&C Fuel Plaza on Route 6, west of Tunkhannock. July 9 preliminary hearings in front of District JusticeContinue Reading
Edited from Police and Magistrate Reports Three family members from Rushboro, Susquehanna County face numerous charges in connection with a break-in and beating that occurred at the Copper Kettle Trailer Park in Monroe Township, Wyoming County. On April 29, John David Saul, John David Saul Jr., and Dustin Dean SaulContinue Reading
Story by Rick Hiduk / graphic by Google Maps (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Edgar Joseph Southworth, Jr. was charged with 12 counts each of rape of a child and statutory sexual assault, two counts each of involuntary deviant sexual intercourse and corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare ofContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Jeffery Allen Owen, 38, of Nicholson is back behind bars after a failed attempt to attack magisterial district judge Carl Smith on the first floor of the Wyoming County Courthouse on April 8. Owen was wanted on a bench warrant following arrestsContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Angela Jay Tatem of Tunkhannock has been charged by Wyoming County Det. David Ide with drug delivery resulting in death, as well possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, reckless endangerment, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal use of aContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Three police departments were involved with the apprehension and arrests on Dec. 23 of three men from Luzerne County who police believe were illegally removing furniture from an unoccupied house in Mehoopany Township. Joseph Dickson, 47 of Trucksville; Charles Atkinson Jr., 38Continue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) A couple who has been on law enforcement radar for most of 2018 is now blamed for a burglary in Windham Township, Wyoming County. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Austin Keith Hoskins, 23, and Kyle-Ann Lucas Tunis, 26 conspired to steal aContinue Reading
By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Zachory Migliori, a former substitute teacher and baseball coach in the Tunkhannock Area School District, has been charged with three counts each of disseminating sexually explicit materials to a minor, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and open lewdness. AccordingContinue Reading
(Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Dustin Wayne Williams, 28, Factoryville was charged with endangering the welfare of children under his care, reckless endangerment of another and providing false reports to police. The offenses are related to the severe scalding of a 17-month-old toddler in Nicholson in October 2017. The sonContinue Reading