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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)
