Sam Sanguedolce

Senate Bill 1284, which now heads to the House, is named for Kyle Gilmartin, the Scranton Police Department detective who survived being shot twice in the head in 2024.

Luzerne County law enforcement officials talked about the case against Bobbiejo Etzel, 37, who is accused of killing teenage niece La'Niyah Clark, as well as controversy surrounding their investigation.

A possible multi-county agreement regarding youth juvenile detention received mixed reactions in Lehigh County Wednesday night. Lackawanna County signed onto the agreement in February.

Desiree Linnette, 45, is the third of five suspects to enter a plea in the 2023 torture and murder of Nicole Cuevas-Ingram in Wilkes-Barre.

La'Niyah Clark went missing on Jan. 17. Investigators said a body found in South Wilkes-Barre last week was hers. La'Niyah's loved ones held a vigil Saturday evening at the parking garage off Thayer Street where the teen's remains were found.

La’Niyah Clark went missing in mid-January. On Tuesday, Luzerne County District Attorney Sanguedolce said they believe the remains of a woman found Saturday in the city are related to La’Niyah’s case, but did not elaborate. The teenager's family called for action outside the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.

La'Niyah Clark went missing on Jan. 17. Her family gathered outside the Wilkes-Barre Police Department on Wednesday calling for answers and accountability in the case.

Investigators believe human remains found Saturday in Wilkes-Barre are related to the case of a missing city girl but can't explain the connection yet, Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said Tuesday.

Investigators say Debra Fox died on her birthday in January 2024 in a Wilkes-Barre motel room at the hands of Sarai Doyle and Doyle's mother, Desiree Linnette. Both are also charged, along with three others, in the murder and burial of Nicole Cuevas Ingram in a South Wilkes-Barre home in April 2023.

Police investigating the theft of two bodies from the condemned Good Shepherd Memorial Park mausoleum earlier this month found exposed human remains on the ground, according to a search warrant application filed in the case.