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Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo accused Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan of 'grandstanding' and 'bush league' behavior in dispute about the counties paying for local police to supplement federal and airport security. Airport officials backed Gaughan. -
The Immigration Rights Coalition announced its formation in a gathering behind the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority facility in Forty Fort, where the Department of Homeland Security Investigations is leasing space. -
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'If our communities aren't safe then nothing else matters,' Sunday tells reporters following wide-ranging talk with DA Sanguedolce, elected officials. -
State police and the Luzerne County District Attorney's office are investigating the death of an Avoca man.
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DA Sanguedolce says case dealt with 'between 20 and 30' forms, not the thousands alleged. -
![Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," <em>Fentanyl, Inc. </em>author Ben Westhoff says. But miscalculations of the amount used can be deadly.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d6fb80a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2726x1519+0+7/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fgettyimages-609942630_wide-583d689f7ba210217b87149c21b55fc3dff596eb.jpg)
Arrests bring the number of people charged in connection with the six-month-long investigation to over 30. Most are residents of the Kingston and Edwardsville areas. -
Luzerne County District Attorney says Omar Jermaine Redditt brandished 'ghost gun' in fatal encounter with police on Holland Street. -
Lonnie Davis, of Wilkes-Barre, died of multiple gunshot wounds, Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said.
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![Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," <em>Fentanyl, Inc. </em>author Ben Westhoff says. But miscalculations of the amount used can be deadly.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/84035b4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2726x1519+0+7/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fgettyimages-609942630_wide-583d689f7ba210217b87149c21b55fc3dff596eb.jpg)
