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Toddler's 'dried to death' case against parents sent to Luzerne County Court
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 3—WILKES-BARRE — Forensic pathologist Dr. Gary Ross testified Monday the body of 19-month-old Phoenix R. Kasisky had all the signs of dehydration. The toddler had one-sixteenth of an ounce ...
One dead in Plymouth fire
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 3—PLYMOUTH — A four-alarm fire Sunday that destroyed several residential structures on Palmer Street claimed one life and displaced many. Doctor Gary Ross will perform an autopsy on the ...
Infant's death in 2022 being investigated as a homicide
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 7 days agoApr. 25—NANTICOKE — The death of a 1-month-old girl in 2022 is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre and the Luzerne County district attorney's office as a criminal ...
Coroner: Smoke inhalation killed at least 5 of 10 in fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAuthorities say at least half of the 10 people found dead after an early morning fire in northeastern Pennsylvania died of smoke inhalation. The Luzerne County coroner's office said autopsies ...
Investigation closed in 2021 Kingston Township fatal fire
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 10—Despite a man admitting to using a lighter that ignited a mattress on fire while searching for a cellular phone, a blaze that claimed the life of James Carl Goodwin in April 2021, Luzerne ...
Search warrants identify body found in Pringle
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 21—PRINGLE — Search warrants obtained by Kingston police and Luzerne County detectives identify the body found in the middle of a street in Pringle on Feb. 12 as Naheim Jamal Beals, 30, ...
Baring setbacks, Wilkes-Barre homicide trial on schedule
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 12—WILKES-BARRE — The only issues that remain before the homicide trial of Dazon Wykie Turner begins later this month involve the number of crime scene and autopsy photographs shown to ...
Foster Township man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend, immediate sentence
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApr. 29—WILKES-BARRE — A Foster Township man admitted Monday he fatally shot his girlfriend, Jessica Romano, during an argument inside their shared residence in January 2023. Scott Andrew Oliver ...
Shaw sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFeb. 28—WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough convicted Anthony Dion Shaw of first-degree murder for the horrific stabbing death of Cindy Lou Ashton inside her Wilkes-Barre ...
County coroner rules Nanticoke woman's death a homicide
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMay 28—The Luzerne County Coroner's Office has determined that the death of a woman found in a West Church Street residence in Nanticoke on Saturday was a homicide. Lastarr Williams, 27, died ...
