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Attorney expected to file motion to suppress statements in Wilkes-Barre homicide case
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDec. 7—WILKES-BARRE — Despite an attorney's pledge to file a motion in an attempt to keep an unsolicited statement by his client from being told to a Luzerne County jury, President Judge Michael ...
Appellate court rejects latest appeal for Plymouth murderer
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 26—A Pennsylvania appellate court rejected the latest appeal by convicted murderer Sawud Davis, who admitted to his role in killing three people and injuring a fourth person in Plymouth ...
Prosecutors seek video testimony of girl in abduction, sexual assault trial
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)· 10 months agoAug. 7—WILKES-BARRE — A clinical psychologist believes a teenage girl who authorities say was abducted and sexually assaulted over three days should testify by alternative means to avoid being ...
Attorney seeks suppression of client's statements in sexual assault case
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 7—WILKES-BARRE — A lawyer for John Watson, who faces a Luzerne County jury trial on allegations he sexually assaulted a teenage girl for days, is seeking to have his client's statements ...
Bierly appeals Wilkes-Barre murder sentence
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 9—A man who admitted to killing a Wilkes-Barre woman inside her residence has filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Superior Court challenging his lengthy state prison sentence. Charles ...
Federal conviction delays false imprisonment, child sex trial in Luzerne County
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 15—WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County jury trial for two men accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl who was abducted in October 2021, was delayed once again, this time due to a pending ...
Couple sentenced for 'inhumane' case of starving boy, endangering other children
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 8—WILKES-BARRE — A mother and her boyfriend were sentenced to years in state prison for neglecting her 6-year-old son, who weighed 20 pounds in January 2021, when officials at Greater Nanticoke ...
Bierly sentenced to 45-90 years in prison in Comisky killing
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 22—WILKES-BARRE — A tearful Christine Cherkauskas described Judith Comisky as a loving daughter who called her several times a week and enjoyed working in her garden. Comisky, 52, opened ...
Homicide defendant's lawyer seeks suppression of statements to police
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDec. 11—The attorney for a man scheduled to go on trial for homicide next month filed a motion to suppress statements made by his client in an interview with police last year, claiming that ...
Kingston man sentenced for shooting ex-wife's husband in Wilkes-Barre
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 30—WILKES-BARRE — A Kingston man who shot his ex-wife's husband inside a bakery on South Main Street was sentenced to up to two years in prison Tuesday. Julio Aristy, 28, was sentenced ...
