Wilkes-Barre (PA) Crime Beat

SifuPhil

R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
FLASH to Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea ...

This is the official Wilkes-Barre (PA) Crime Beat, where I will be listing and commenting on the daily crimes committed in our fair city ...

12/14/15

40-year-old Arthur Partington of Hanover Township was cited for allegedly striking another male during an argument in the Lee Park Towers on Saturday.

This is right up the street from me - 2 blocks. I always miss all the fun!

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12/14/15

A Spring Street resident was scammed out of $500 Saturday afternoon when an unknown person called him, claiming to have his son and refusing to release him until the victim paid him money. The victim wired $500 to Puerto Rico, but later discovered his son was safe and never in danger.

These work-at-home scams, I don't know ...


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12/14/15

Matthew Franze, 23, of Wilkes-Barre was charged with criminal trespassing after allegedly taking cigarette butts off of a Parrish Street porch Saturday morning. Police said Franze had previously been told to stay off the property and the owner requested charges to be filed against him.

Oh, good Lord, no - not the dreaded cigarette butt thief again!
 
Phil---Aren't you in Luzerne County? Haven't your judges and courts been accused of being corrupt? Or are you in Lackawanna County?
 
Phil---Aren't you in Luzerne County? Haven't your judges and courts been accused of being corrupt? Or are you in Lackawanna County?

No, you got it right the first time - Luzerne County.

And yes, a while back we had a big to-do about corruption in the courts. This area has had a lot of those scandals ... a few years ago a bunch of the judges and lawyers got sent to jail for messing with the juvie justice system.

Ever been to Wilkes-Barre / Avoca airport? Tiny little thing ...
 
12/15/15

HANOVER TWP. — A Luzerne woman was charged Monday with access device fraud after police discovered she used her aunt’s credit card to make purchases and withdrawals totaling over $5,000 in September.


Charges against Robin Mineo, 44, stem from an investigation dating back to Sept. 28, when Phyllis Pisciotta, a resident of the Hampton House, reported about $5,040 missing from her checking account.


Police determined, through surveillance footage at several businesses, that the money was withdrawn by Mineo. During an interview, Mineo admitted to using her aunt’s debit card to make purchases and cash withdrawals.


She was arraigned on 43 counts of access device fraud.


Mineo is jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing has been set for Jan. 12 before Magisterial District Judge Joseph Halesey.



And I didn't get a single fruitcake out of all of that!
 
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