Luzerne County Courthouse
Luzerne County sells six vehicles, two trailers and a saucepan at a silent auction on August 21.
Offers are set to the estimated fair market value.
Available cars, as well as gifts and mileage, according to a list published in the grocery purchase segment in www.luzernecounty.org:
2005 Chevrolet Tan Sedan, $500, 94,532 miles
Ford Explorer Green 2004, $1,000, 126,246 miles
Ford F-250 1996 white, $1,000, 30,922 miles
1995 Chevrolet Astro Truck, $800, 62,834 miles
1998 white Chevrolet truck, $1,000, mileage is not shown
2000 Ford Ranger Truck, $1,000, 104,541 miles
The two trailers in play, a 1986 Eager Beaver and a 1973 general, are orange, with offers of $500 each.
You can also get a Woods 9204RD 2001 orange cutting tray with an initial bet of $2,000.
Vehicle identification numbers, or VIN, such as license plate and name numbers, are also posted on the procurement site.
The auction will take place from 1pm. 2 p.m. on the construction site on Camryn Way at the Forty Fort Sports Complex.
Once the minimum that is being offered is reached, others may submit higher amounts by writing their call and offer on a sheet.
Full payment must be submitted on the day of the auction.
Questions should be addressed to the county’s purchasing manager, Mark Zulkoski, at 570-820-6337.
Contact Jennifer Learn-Andes at 570-991-6388 or Twitter @TLJenLearnAndes.
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The heroes among us don’t wear capes, but robes and masks. Kayla Galdieri is one of those who belong to the hero’s pedestal.
Galdieri is a nurse in Geisinger Wyoming Valley in the Progressive Care Unit, only one level below the ICU. It regularly helps patients. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic, Galdieri’s paintings have become much more than they were.
“We regularly have patients with poor physical condition, and I’m assigned 3 patients at a time,” Galdieri said. “We will take care of our patients normally, some of them will be remote depending on their physical condition.”
During the pandemic, however, things changed drastically for all nurses, Galdieri.
“Now we still have 3 patients, but now many of them are remote due to COVID-19 and everything,” Galdieri said. “So we have to have a complete insulation device and have (mask n95) on our face, which is difficult to breathe, and we have to wear a mask even when we are not in COVID rooms.
‘It’s great that we have portions, but it’s hard. I paint 12 hours a day and it’s hard to use them all day.
This pandemic has also replaced the way these nurses do their jobs.
“It’s hard because we can’t be in those rooms as much as we want anyway,” Galdieri said. “It’s as if everything learned as a nurse is now completely different.”
In addition to the struggle and dangers at work, the nurse had to make an even greater sacrifice, limiting contact with her family.
“I live with my fiancé who still works as a must-have worker, so we move forward in combination as the same as always at home,” Galdieri said. “However, I am very close to my family. I see my mom and dad and I move into their space 3 or 4 times a week before all this. Now I couldn’t see them because I don’t need to make them sick.”
“In the most sensible of all this, I intend to get married in August, so I hope you may not be rejected. We had waited so long for this and it’s very stressful.
The pandemic and closure have built many other people and, unfortunately, continue with the lives of many others, adding heroes on the front line.
We thank Kayla Galdieri for her sacrifice to help others, even at the cost of seeing her own circle of relatives at this time.
TRUCKSVILLE – Fire And Ice only closed for 10 days because its new owner, Rob Friedman, renovated it, but those 10 days were enough to radically rejuvenate the beautiful look of the place.
The bar and place to eat have been a staple of Back Mountain for years, however, they are now added to Friedman’s developing repertoire of hotel properties. On Friday night, the restaurateur officially celebrated an opening rite to celebrate its great reopening.
“This position has such a rich history,” Friedman told attendees, with oversized scissors in his hand before the opening. “And we wait for him.”
According to Friedman, some of Fire And Ice’s innovations come with a new logo menu, intricate stained glass windows, a new bar domain and even a new time satisfied.
Friedman said he hired a small team of local contractors, who said they had done an “amazing job,” the 10 days the place to eat was closed for renovations as temporarily as possible.
And while Friedman said it’s vital to refresh space, it’s also vital to keep it original.
For example, the bar has been extensively updated, but still retains its original flavor.
“We’ve kept the original bar,” he said. “But the bar can only accommodate six people, and now it can accommodate about 14 people.”
Friedman said a component of the procedure involved a team of experts, who added chef David Shrader, cordon bleu Jack Higgins and EXECUTIVE Director Theresa Kazminski.
Fire And Ice will release a new time satisfied, which will take place on Fridays and Saturdays from 20:30 a.m. 10:30 p.m.
Fire And Ice was sold to Friedman in November and joined by its list of other restaurants, including Kevin’s Bar and Restaurant in Kingston, Beaumont Inn in Dallas, Cork Bar and Restaurant and The Manhattan Bistro at Wilkes-Barre, Grico’s Restaurant in Exeter, Wedding Venue of Back Mountain, Friedman Farms and River Street Jazz in Cafe Plains Township.
WILKES-BARRE – A guy from the canton of Hanover sued Boscov’s, claiming he had been injured when the store’s escalator slowly accelerated. This is the moment when the lawsuit against the store has been filed since October.
Joseph Ferraro and his wife, Maria, filed an action on Thursday opposite the branch chain, claiming that he was injured inside the Wilkes-Barre store after a mechanical failure of an escalator.
The stock names Schindler Elevator Corp. as a defendant.
According to the complaint, which was filed through Ferraro’s lawyer Angel Mae Webby-Zola of the law firm West Hazleton Zola, the Ferraro were in store on October 9, 2019.
While there, Ferraro claims to be on the escalator when he “violently accelerated”, knocking down Ferraro. She says the teeth of the escalator have been continuously nailed to her purse, causing damage to her body and clothes.
Ferraro is paying more than $50,000, claiming he suffered “great pain and agony” and incurred extensive physical treatment and other medical expenses.
In particular, Ferraro’s injuries occurred the day after Webby-Zola filed a very opposite complaint to Boscov on behalf of Viola Shemanski, who claimed that she had also been thrown off an escalator.
According to Shemanski’s account, the escalator also accelerated, throwing her out of it. He fell, causing a head wound and a damaged rib.
It is unclear from the combinations whether Ferraro and Shemanski were injured in the same escalator or if several escalators in the workshop had the same mechanical failure.
Attempts to succeed in Webby-Zola and Boscov for the comment were unsuccessful on Thursday afternoon.
EXETER TWP. – The police leader of the canton of Exeter has brought an action in the Federal Court opposed to the canton, claiming that he had been stressed to illegally force the branch to factor more fines.
The suit is from Chef William Knowles, Cpl. Charles Neff and the sergeant. Scott Viadock, and previously presented this month through Pittston’s attorney, Cynthia L. Pollick.
According to the trial, the supervisor of the municipality of Exeter, Daniel Fetch, asked the police to start issuing more traffic fines.
Fetch would also have claimed that he tried to hire more young officials, and the prosecution’s whistleblowers claimed that Fetch had commented that the new officials would be more willing to pay attention to the board.
According to police, Fetch’s boards began on February 22, 2019, fetch reportedly told Knowles that he “wanted the police to write more fines.” The trial says it’s an illegal and official offense.
On the same day, Knowles said he told Fetch that he could order the agents to write more fines. Knowles contacted other members of the municipality’s government, adding President Robert Kile Sr. and lawyer Gene Molino.
Fetch subsequently allegedly threatened to move Knowles on March 1. On March 14, Kile issued a directive that no one on the supervisory board can simply take immediate or impromptu disciplinary action against police officers.
However, prosecutors say this prevented Fetch, and Fetch allegedly threatened to move Neff from his general shift if he continues to refuse to factor more fines.
On April 1, Fetch reportedly said he was “looking for more young cadets because they wouldn’t have any problem writing a lot of tickets.” The officers went to Exeter Township about Fetch’s conduct on May 6, and Kile said Fetch was “alone” if the officers continued his actions.
On July 1, Fetch, following this line of dialogue, allegedly told Knowles that “if the canton hired young people from the academy, they would write to everyone about traffic fines and hit traffic hard.” Knowles took this as an implication that he writes more publications.
In the fall, Fetch told officials that the municipality would set up new smooth traffic and that officials would “write many more fines at Red Gentles.”
Officials filed a complaint in federal court, alleging that Fetch’s alleged threats to move agents to others for speaking violated his First Amendment rights.
“The defendants intimidated the whistleblowers and affected the way they performed their professional duties because they reported official misconduct and corruption,” the lawsuit reads.
Officials are an undetermined amount of damage.
Attempts to succeed at Exeter Township for comment were not a success Thursday afternoon.
DALLAS TWP. – The new Weis market at the Country Club’s grocery shopping center will be “clean, organized and very friendly,” the store’s manager, Carmine Lupio, said Thursday.
Lupio will be very happy to hear what a Weis Buyer said when the Times Leader asked him what he thought of the new store.
“I have this shop very clean, very well organized and very friendly,” Ann Kay of Dallas said.
Weis Markets opened its new location on Thursday at the former Thomas Foodtown, which it bought in September. Weis also acquired the Thomas’ Food Basics store in Shavertown, which then closed.
Lupio said the new store occupies forty-five,000 square feet and employs forty-five full-time and part-time associates. Half of the new store’s workers arrived at Weis from the sites of former Thomas, corporate spokesman Dennis Curtain said.
It also includes a “dollar zone”, the first segment of its kind in a Weis store.
The supermarket on Tunkhannock Highway marks Luzerne County’s seventh location for the Sunbury-based chain, and the Weis momentary store in the Dallas area, though less than 3 miles from an existing Weis store on Memorial Highway.
Both retail establishments will remain open, Curtin said, noting that the company saw an opportunity to expand its mountain operations through the opening of a new market.
“We are sure that we will thank our unwavering clientele even more,” Curtin said.
Others in Luzerne County are in Plains Township, Nanticoke, Mountain Top, Duryea and West Hazleton.
What began as a community market in Sunbury in 1912 is now a seven-state chain with 198 stores, and 126 in Pennsylvania.
Weis has experienced a truly extensive expansion and expansion in years in the Mid-Atlantic region, as highlighted in the Central Penn Business Journal in a 2017 report, opening a new flagship store in the suburb of Harrisburg after a year in which Weis spent $65 million to buy stores. competing companies.
The company also emphasizes supporting network organizations, a policy continued Thursday when the Dallas Rite included donations to two Back Mountain charities: Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge and Back Mountain Food Pantry, which received a $500 check.
“This gift is much appreciated,” said Marge Bart, owner of Blue Chip Farms. “He’s helping us survive. We recently won two pregnant who needed C-sections. This is a significant and unforeseen expense.”
The Blue Chip Farm Animal Shelter has provided thousands of animals with a sanctuary where older, stray, abandoned, in poor health or battered animals can wait to be followed or simply live their lives in protection and peace.
Joseph Hardisky, associate director of Back Mountain Food Pantry, located at the United Methydist Church in trucksville, said the pantry serves another 185 people and that the number of people in need continues to increase.
“We see others who have recently lost their jobs or found out they are seriously ill,” Hardisky said. “They find themselves in a complicated situation and ask us for help.”
For Lupio, a Weis worker for 12 years, those donations also meant a lot.
“It’s a paint-and-paint sensation for a company that returns so much to the community,” he said.
The reaction to the State Corrections Department report recommending the closure of the retired State Prison might not have come as a surprise to many.
Nor did the usually angry reactions from political and industry union leaders who have opposed such a resolution since the proposed closure was first announced last summer:
State Rep. Gerald Mullery, Democrat of Newport Township, described the procedure as a “mask.”
And Mullery took his sadness a step further, recommending that Department of Penitentiary Affairs secretary John E. Wetzel be removed from Governor Tom Wolf’s cabinet.
“I’m still convinced that (Wetzel) doesn’t have the temperament, professionalism or skills to handle many used cars, let alone the DOC,” Mullery said. “I am involved in the protection of all DOC personnel under your command.”
DOC Deputy Executive Executive Secretary of Institutional Operations Tabb Bickell at the pace of the proceeding amid persistent outrage at Wetzel’s profane comments at a public hearing on plans to close the state criminal in Newport Township.
“We knew from the beginning of this procedure that this was just a farce and a violation of the spirit of Law 133,” Mullery said, referring to a law that requires the closure of public establishments as prisons after an era of public observation and investigation into economics has an effect on closure.
Larry Blackwell, president of the Pennsylvania State Prison Officers Association, also referred to Wetzel in his report recommendations.
“Secretary Wetzel’s comments caught with a microphone at the first SCI-Retreat hearing told us everything we need to know,” Blackwell said. “This procedure has been a sham from the beginning and is harmful because it puts cash above public safety.”
Blackwell said Pennsylvania criminals were overwhelmed and more violent than ever, “no matter how the Department of Corrections handles its statistics on violence and criminal population.”
Blackwell added, “It’s time for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to hold this branch accountable, in a different way, more prisons will close in their districts.”
C. David Pedri, director of Luzerne County, called the report “really disturbing” and said it “does not take into account the negative economic effect this closure will have in Luzerne County and Newport Township.”
“After the review, it appears that the branch first took a resolution and then wrote a report to that resolution,” Pedri added.
“Our mind is with the many brave workers who will now have to uproot their families and their way of life. I hope Governor Wolf will change course and decide to keep the SCI Retreat open.”
A governor’s reversal is unlikely.
Mullery, among others, said he expects an announcement until the end of the week and that “it looks like he’ll move on with his recommendation.”
Social media was also filled with comments from readers on the report’s findings, not everyone objected. On the Times Leader Facebook page:
Jeremiah Scutt: “It’s the right decision. Let’s close this death trap and start hosting them at the new facility with the $400 million county logo. That’s why it was built.
“They never planned to keep it open,” Li wrote, suggesting that the closing resolution was taken in August and called the Law 133 procedure a “joke.”
Mary Lou Yerke: “Maybe workers can ask the White House to intervene. After all, it opened more mines (sarcasm) … I feel sorry for the workers and the effect it will have on the local economy. I hope that all workers can be placed in other positions at a moderate distance. »
Regarding employees, Mullery said that once the closure was complete, the state will focus on its transition to new facilities, adding that those who cannot make the transition get education and/or vocational training.
“Secondly, we want to help communities directly affected by this closure,” Mullery said. “Together with some colleagues and the governor, I began to prepare a law to direct assistance to workers and municipalities burdened by the closure of a giant state facility. I hope that this law will be finally completed and presented shortly.”
By Bill O’Boyle and Roger DuPuis
Contact Bill O’Boyle at 570-991-6118 or Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.
JACKSON TWP. Canton police arrested a Guy from Dallas on Tuesday who said he was drunk on a truck containing firearms, ammunition and beer.
Police said they discovered three loaded pistols and a loaded pistol in a Dodge truck occupied by Donald Joseph Scavone, 25, of Meeker Outlet Road.
Scavone has a concealment permit to possess the guns, police said.
Scavone ruled Wednesday in Luzerne County Central Court on 3 counts of unlicensed firearms and two driving charges under the influence of alcohol. He was released without bail.
According to the complaint:
Police were patrolling hillaspect Avenue and Cobblestone Lane domain when a Dodge pickup truck parked on their side around 11:58 p.m.
Scavone discovered that he collapsed on the guide wheel and had trouble waking up.
When Scavone left the vehicle, police saw a can of open beer in the central cup holder.
Police said Scavone sealed an alcoholic beverage and had to lean against the truck to maintain its balance, according to the complaint.
Scavone allegedly police had eaten two beers.
Full and empty beer cans were discovered in the truck, police said.
Police searched the truck and reportedly discovered two loaded pistols under the driver’s seat, a loaded pistol under the passenger seat and a loaded pistol inside the center console. Ammunition was also discovered under the passenger seat.
Scavone told police that she was looking for her friend in several taverns and that she was going to a friend’s house, according to the complaint.
Police said in the complaint that a breath showed that Scavone had an alcoholic strength of 0.163%.
WILKES-BARRE – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives issued a Senate Bill 906 wednesday prohibiting the closure of White Haven State Center and Polk State Center.
The House voted 139-55 in favor of the bill. Now return to the Senate for approval.
“This bill, as amended, does precisely what Governor Tom Wolf and his Reform Council have done from the beginning, before completing these centers,” said Representative Gerald Mullery, D-Newport Municipality. “This corrects the error and ensures that all avenues will be explored before making such an important decision.”
Under S.B. 906, a moratorium on the closure of the White Haven Center in Luzerne County and the Polk Center in Venango County would be imposed.
The House also amended the bill to include the appointment of an executive organization to compare state centers and provide recommendations to the Department of Social Services before one or more state centers are closed.
Senator John Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, thanked Rep. Lee James and members of the Luzerne County delegation, Republicans and Democrats, who said they fought to promote Senate Bill 906.
“The adoption of SB 906 is a victory for other people with developmental disabilities, families who love them, and committed workers who provide loving care in our state centers,” Yudichak said. “I look forward to running with Senator Michele Brooks, Senator Scott Hutchinson, Senator Lisa Baker, and my other colleagues in the Senate to approve the House amendment and send Senate Bill 906 to the Governor for signature.
Yudichak Senate Bill 906 with Brooks, R-Jamestown; Hutchinson, R-Oil City and Baker, R-Lehman Township.
As amended through the House, the bill creates the State Facility Closure Working Group to analyze and manage the closure of any state center and prevents the closure of those centers for at least years.
“I am pleased to see that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have identified the importance of the protective burdens of residents, their families and caregivers,” Mullery said.
Baker echoed one’s feelings on a Wednesday.
“This is a vital step in identifying the rights of citizens of any of the institutions, their families and workers, who deserve a more deliberative procedure for their future,” he said. “There is also a broader precept at stake. Lawmakers have a role to play in the creation, financing and supervision of state institutions. This participation does not suddenly end because a governor arbitrarily enforces the closure.”
R-Butler Township’s Tarah Toohil State Representative voted Wednesday for a “great victory for the White Haven Center and its residents.”
“These Americans and their families deserve to have a safety net for the center of the state. Other people with intellectual disabilities deserve the choice of the kind of care and housing they receive,” Toohil said.
The White Haven and Polk centers serve others with intellectual and developmental disabilities: 111 in the case of White Haven, many of whom have lived there for decades. White Haven also has 429 employees.
In October, Luzerne City Council declared its opposition to the closure of the White Haven State Center, approving a solution that supports the Senate bill.
By Bill O’Boyle
Contact Bill O’Boyle at 570-991-6118 or Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.
WILKES-BAR TWP. – The Luzerne County Convention Center Authority approved its annual budget Wednesday and projected an increase of about 10% in the net operating source of revenue compared to last year.
In his monthly meeting at Mohegan Sun Arena in Casey Plaza, Authority President Gary Zingaretti targeted the net source of revenue of $332,115. Last year’s figure was $303,059 and did not come with non-operating revenue from the county hotel tax used to pay the bonds issued for the facility structure opened in 1999 and for the county tourism board.
Hotel tax is expected to generate $2.4 million in profits this year. When considering other non-operating earnings, expenses and depreciation, the budget forecasts a net source of earnings of $7297777 compared to $759030 for 2019.
Zingaretti noted that the budget includes the naming rights agreement, the lease with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey franchise, the ASM Global control contract and the new food and beverage agreements.
“We believe that this, as it should be, represents all the contractual adjustments and in fact there are things that will still have to be resolved because we are in the first year of this contract to see how it’s going,” Zingaretti said.
The long-awaited WiFi allocation is approaching the installation of the traditional system, said Donna Cupinski, chairwoman of the Authority’s Capital Improvements and Strategic Planning Committee.
“All appliances are in order. There are things that (Turn-Key Technologies Inc. does) in your home to prepare for this, so they are not yet there. But we expect them to be there in February,” Cupinski said. Said.
The authority also approved several expenses:
Hire an engineering and architecture company with a charge of up to $50,000 for long-term projects that are funded through government grants. The grants would cover the company’s hiring costs, Zingaretti said.
A new PC server cost up to $20,000.
A new virtual mix card charges up to $3,500 to upgrade the 20-year analog mixer for the audio system.
The authority voted unanimously 10-0 to maintain its leadership for this year: Zingaretti, president; Cupinski, Vice President; Tony Ryba, treasurer; and Tom Woods, secretary. Ryba attended Wednesday’s meeting.
After lifting the meeting, the authority met in an executive consultation to discuss a labor corps issue, Zingaretti said.
The assembly of the authority will take place on 12 February at noon.
By Jerry Lynott
Contact Jerry Lynott at 570-991-6120 or Twitter @TLJerryLynott.
KINGSTON – The Wyoming Valley West School Board voted unanimously to suspend any asset taxes that accrue within a state-set limit, but business rep. Joe Rodriguez said the district had no choice. Calculations made through the company showed that the district would not be eligible for one of two legal exceptions across the state to exceed the limit.
The limit established through state law known as Law 1 of 2006, which legalizes the use of legalized gambling cash to help offset asset taxes for homeowners through an “asset exemption.” The statistic sets a cumulative annual maximum tax for all districts. Wyoming Valley West’s limit this year is 3.7%.
Districts may only exceed the limit, known as the Law 1 index, by obtaining voter approval in spring primaries through a referendum, or by obtaining state-sanctioned exceptions for a limited number of reasons. Rodriguez, who has worked as a sales manager for years and has been providing consulting services since retirement, said the district was considering asking for exceptions for expanding special education prices or to cover rising prices for pension contributions.
“After the numbers, we don’t qualify for either,” he said.
Voting to stay within the limit gives the district more time to identify an initial budget, and Rodriguez said it’s too early to say what it would mean to stay within the limit, but early numbers recommend a giant deficit between earnings and expenses without exceeding the restriction.
The city council must save by the end of June, a legal deadline for adopting a balanced budget.
Towards the end of the meeting, board chairman Joe Mazur defined two pieces of agfinisha that, he said, show the budget facing the district. Under court orders, the Board had to approve tax refunds to HCSC Laundry totaling $39,495 and refunds to Platinum Health a River Run LLC totaling $146,868. Both orders were derived from tax settlement appeals for 2016, 2017 and 2018.
After the meeting, Rodriguez presented the knowledge that, he said, showed that land in the district has been reduced to $65 million in the more than nine years.
By Mark Guydish
Contact Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or twitter @TLMarkGuydish
WILKES-BARRE – The Rolling Mill Hill Residents Association held its monthly meeting Wednesday night on various discussion topics, adding police statistics, competitive community driving and illegal street parking.
The assembly was led by the president of the association, Linda Joseph, who presented sandwiches and snacks to the crowd of local citizens before passing the assembly with Wilkes-Barre Councilman Tony Brooks.
Brooks had little to say, opting to let the two speakers speak of the night. He added that “the city can’t do everything, so if we can step in and help, it would be great.”
Wilkes-Barre police chief Joe Coffay and community police officer Kirk Merchel addressed the crowd for more than an hour, answering questions and informing others about the state of the police dealing with primary disorders in Wilkes-Barre.
“When I took over a year ago, in this assembly I said I was looking to make changes,” Coffay said. He provided statistics so that citizens could better perceive the scope of the paintings he made as a leader.
In December 2019 alone, according to Coffay, Wilkes Barre police responded to some 4,000 calls to the service. Of those calls, approximately 340 became real-life instances to which the police had to respond.
Coffay also praised the paintings of his criminal unit for helping to get drug addicts and violent criminals off the streets. The unit made 149 drug-trafficking arrests and took several firearms from the street, three weapons from a young criminal whom Cofay called “Wilkes-Barre’s number one public enemy.”
“I’m very proud of the paintings our police officers have made,” Coffay said.
Merchel basically targeted paintings made through the police to respond to some of the misdemeanors that accumulate in the city.
“We have to take care of everything, we can’t let go of misdemeanors,” Merchel said. “All those little things lead to bigger things.”
Merchel pointed to the ministry’s use of social media as a very effective tool, and said many arrests were made on the recommendation of Facebook users who identifyed suspects in photographs that the ministry uploads to its Facebook page. It also showed that the branch would expand on Twitter this year.
Once Merchel’s comments were over, the grounds were opened to the residents of Rolling Mill Hills, who seemed to have many similar things to say, basically related to speed and parking in the city.
Citizens cited roads such as Hazle and Blackman streets as places where motorists push speed limits.
Once the occasion was over, Coffay and Merchel felt positive.
“Now we take all the data and concerns and take action on it,” Coffay said. “I think it’s going really well.”
Duane Lindbuchler, a member of the Residents’ Association, felt the same way. Lindbuchler, a longtime Resident of Wilkes-Barre, says he has seen the replacement in town since Coffay took over as chief.
“I take my dog for a walk every night, and four or five years ago, I would have been nervous,” Lindbuchler said. “Now, especially in the last year, you may feel the difference.”
By Kevin Carroll
WILKES-BARRE – A type of Scranton convicted Wednesday on charges of terrorist threats, with fees imposed while on parole on a previous charge of attempted murder.
Andre Fuller, 29, convicted of two counts of terrorist threats Wednesday after being tried before Luzerne County Presiding Judge Michael T. Vough, since the beginning of the week.
Fuller, who was on parole for the attempted murder of 19-year-old William Uggiano in 2013, was arrested in September 2019 after Kingston police said a woman had gone to the police station to report the threats.
The woman, who is not known through her call in court records, told police that in the past she had had an appointment with Fuller and that Fuller had made threats of violence against her and her current boyfriend.
The woman provided the text thread between her and Fuller, implying that he can get other people to harm her boyfriend. He also sent him gunshots and said, “I have one too, but I use mine.”
Fuller also texted the woman, saying that her new boyfriend would have to replace the color of her vehicle because Fuller would be for him.
Court records show that after jurors ended their deliberations Wednesday, Vough scheduled the conviction for March 25.
The sentence may simply be harsh, as the threats were made while Fuller was on probation for Uggiano’s attempted murder.
Fuller pleaded guilty to the case in July 2014. Fuller was accused of firing seven shots at Uggiano, hitting him on the head, shoulder, arm, hip, waist and buttocks.
Uggiano testified that he went to wayne and South Grant streets to meet a woman who had invited him to smoke marijuana. He said he waited about 10 minutes and then went home, turned around and saw Fuller with a gun.
That’s when Fuller opened fire, Uggiano said.
Fuller sentenced Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas to spend six to 12 years in a state criminal for the crime.
By Patrick Kernan
Contact Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or Twitter @PatKernan
WILKES-BARRE – The rock band Angels and Airwaves postponed the momentary stretch of their winter tour, Sunday’s performance at the F.M. Kirby Center, according to the group’s Facebook page.
A message spread Wednesday said singer Tom DeLonge was battling a superior respiratory infection, forcing six performances to be postponed. The Kirby Center exhibit is now scheduled for Tuesday, May 26. All tickets purchased for Sunday’s display will be honored.
For more details or questions, kirbycenter.org or call 570-823-4599.
Staff report
WILKES-BARRE – Snow is on forecast for this weekend for citizens of northeastern Pennsylvania, according to the National Weather Service.
As things stand, on Saturday afternoon a gust of snow is expected to combine with sleet, before yielding to Saturday night’s combined rain.
Joanne LaBounty, a national weather forecaster, doesn’t expect much in terms of delays or problems, however, the sleet option can make the weekend vacation a little tricky.
“We may see ice combined with snow on Saturday day,” LaBounty said. “However, it all depends on whether the roads are treated well or not.”
LaBounty says Luzerne County’s dominance can see up to 3 to four inches of snow on Saturday, with temperatures skyrocketing in the mid-1930s before falling below zero on Saturday night.
“The high afternoon temperatures deserve to prevent the roads from freezing,” LaBounty said.
There is still a little to predict precisely what will happen, but early forecasts will allow citizens and travelers to prepare for the snowfall option.
In addition, the National Weather Service issued a wind warning Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a slight of it falling less than an inch of snow on Thursday night.
Bursts are expected to be 10 to 20 miles consistent with the hour, with some bursts reaching up to 40 miles consistent with the hour.
By Kevin Carroll
WILKES-BARRE – The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections published on a Wednesday morning recommending the closure of the state correctional facility in Retreat.
Three local state senators then issued a concise statement, which included a call to Gov. Tom Wolf to reject the council and keep the facility open.
The full report can be found here.
A press issued through the DOC stated:
“The Department of Prison Affairs Executive Secretary Tabb Bickell announced that the Department of Corrections has submitted its final report on the IBS retirement to Governor Tom Wolf and minority leaders and the majority in the House and Senate. This final report recommends that the installation be closed.
“A final resolution will come.”
State Senator John Yudichak, I-Swoyersville; Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township; and John Gordner, Republican by Berwick, issued a joint after the announcement.
“We support the brave men who gave their hearts and souls by running in SCI Retreat and in the communities of Luzerne County. We disagree with the findings of the Department of Corrections report recommending the closure of SCI Retreat.
“Law 133 of 2018 was enacted to ensure that any criminal closure is thoroughly and transparently proven. The Department of Corrections obviously made less effort than in the smart religion of the hearing process, and we do not believe that it is fair SCI Retreat Workers, their families or communities in Luzerne County.
“As we have done in the past, we make a bipartisan call to Governor Wolf to reject the findings of this report and keep the SCI Retreat open.
State Rep. Gerald Mullery of D-Newport Township spoke about the closure of Twitter, adding a video from beyond sci Retreat meetings and demonstrations to keep it open.
“We have a legal responsibility to explore all of our features and our residents, their families and caregivers,” Mullery tweeted.
The DOC report was ready after two public hearings to discuss the effect of the closure of the facilities in the host municipality and the region. The hearings were held in accordance with Law 133.
The DOC report explains why the subsidiary proposed the closure of the prison, which houses more than 1,000 inmates and has 384 full-time employees.
The summary of the report states that Commerce continues to enjoy a significant decline in the criminal population.
“In fact, relief of 1,900 inmates in fiscal year 2018-2019 was the largest annual lowest in the Department’s history, at a time when crime rates continue to decline,” the report says. “In addition, existing population projections expect a continued decline in the criminal population over the next five years.”
At the same time, the DOC says it also faces the challenge of a projected budget deficit of around $140 million for fiscal year 2019/2020. Due to this huge budget deficit and the continued decline in the criminal population, the DOC stated that it would be fiscally irresponsible not to complete an institution.
“The DOC will continue to prioritize the protection of staff, inmates and the network and will remain a smart manager of taxpayers’ money,” the report says.
The report goes on to say that the Judicial Reinvestment Act (JRI), as well as the closures of the IBS in Cresson, Greensburg and Pittsburgh, have stored $543 million in costs to the branch.
“This report will show that the DOC has taken into account all the appropriate and applicable points to achieve its final recommendation.
The DOC officially organized the closure of the committee on 26 August 2019.
The additional report indicates that SCI Retreat has infrastructure and physical appliance issues where renovations and upgrades are required to maintain installation operations.
Specifically, a structural inspection of the Susquehanna River access bridge recently uncovered structural deficiencies that require rapid repair, the report says.
An expense of $15 million to $20 million for a complete bridge replacement over the next 10 to 15 years is made through PennDOT; it would take $1 million to paint the bridge and avoid additional corrosive damage. The bridge had already been painted in 1993.
With respect to the loss of profit for the Shickshinny Municipal Authority, the report requests a user payment of $32,000 consistent with the quarter. The DOC will pay a quarterly user payment for a period of five years from the end date.
The report estimates that the annual reserve prices for the facility will be $1.2 million, adding minimal utilities to the facility, as well as contract operations for the boiler and protection to monitor the closed facility.
The report indicates that the ability to provide positions in northeastern Pennsylvania will minimize the economic effect in this region and the potential negative effect on families.
“The variety of SCI Retreat is the lowest impacting variety of DOC services, as it is one of the oldest services and presents significant demanding situations for physical facilities,” the report says. “It offers the maximum moderate relocation features for IBS staff Dallas, Mahanoy, Frackville, Coal Township, Muncy and Waymart within 65 miles of SCI Retreat.”
On December 20, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that SCI’s retirement resolution would not come until one day after the first of the year.
In August, Wolf’s management and the Department of Corrections announced their existing proposal to SCI-Retreat.
DOC’s Executive Under-Secretary of Institutional Operations, Tabb Bickell, at the pace of the proceedings amid constant outrage over profane comments made through DOC Secretary John Wetzel at a public hearing on plans to close the state criminal in Newport Township.
In November, an assembly held in the Newport Township Municipal Building attended through Senator John Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, and representatives of Senator Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township; Representative Gerald Mullery, D-Newport Township; Shickshinny Borough and Sewer Authority et Conyngham Township. Yudichak said Bickell and DOC officials attended the assembly, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Community and Economic Development and the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
“It was a very positive meeting,” Yudichak said at the time. “We provide detailed data on the devastating effect of closing SCI Retreat on the community.”
After the meeting, Yudichak said a strong argument had been made through the Shickshinny Sewerage Authority, which expanded his services to accommodate the criminal. He said that if the criminal closed, the authority would have to particularly increase tariffs, which would place a heavy monetary burden on users.
Yudichak stated that the municipality of Newport would face relief in its police service due to the loss of revenue.
“The municipality of Newport would lose on the street,” Yudichak said.
The bridge leading to SCI-Retreat was recently inspected approximately at the time of the meeting.
In the early stages of the process, THE DOC pledged to offer SCI workers stationed in about a dozen other state prisons that are within 65 miles if the facility closes.
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By Bill O’Boyle
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NEWPORT TWP. – State Rep. Gerald Mullery on Monday expressed his sadness at a report by the Department of Corrections recommending the closure of the State Retirement Prison and calling the entire procedure a “mask.”
And Mullery, in D-Newport Township, took his sadness a step further by recommending that Corrections Department Secretary John E. Wetzel be removed from Governor Tom Wolf’s office.
“I’m still convinced that (Wetzel) doesn’t have the temperament, professionalism or skills to handle many used cars, let alone the DOC,” Mullery said. “I am involved in the protection of all DOC personnel under your command.”
DOC’s Executive Under-Secretary of Institutional Operations, Tabb Bickell, at the pace of the proceeding amid constant outrage over profane comments made through DOC Secretary John Wetzel at a public hearing on plans to close the state criminal in Newport Township.
With regard to the announcement of the closure of the installation, Mullery stated that there were no surprises contained in the DOC’s recommendations.
“We have known from the beginning of this procedure that it is nothing more than a farce and a violation of the spirit of Law 133,” Mullery said.
Mullery said he had recently met privately with Governor Wolf and discussed the effect of the proposed closure.
“But it looks like it will go ahead with your recommendation, ” said Mullery. “I’m waiting for an announcement until the end of the week.”
Mullery said that once the closure is complete, the next step will be to focus on displaced workers and ensure that their transition to new amenities is timely and safe. For those who cannot adopt a transition, Mullery said the state will have to provide assistance in the form of education and/or vocational training.
“Secondly, we want to help communities directly affected by this closure,” Mullery said. “Together with some colleagues and the governor, I began to prepare a law to direct assistance to workers and municipalities burdened by the closure of a giant state facility. I hope that this law will be finally completed and presented shortly.”
PSCOA responds
The president of the Pennsylvania State Correctional Officers Association (PSCOA), Larry Blackwell, issued a ruling on the DOC’s resolution to close SCI-Retreat:
“Secretary Wetzel’s comments caught with a microphone at the first SCI-Retreat hearing told us everything we need to know,” Blackwell said. “This procedure has been a sham from the beginning and is harmful because it puts cash above public safety.”
Blackwell said Pennsylvania criminals were overwhelmed and more violent than ever, “no matter how the Department of Corrections handles its statistics on violence and criminal population.”
Blackwell added, “It’s time for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to hold this branch accountable, in a different way, more prisons will close in their districts.”
Pedri: “Really annoying”
Luzerne County Director C. David Pedri of the report:
“The Department of Corrections’ report is really provocative because it does not take into account the negative economic effect this closure will have on Luzerne County and Newport Township.
“After the review, it appears that the branch first took a resolution and then wrote a report to that resolution.
“Our mind is with the many brave workers who will now have to uproot their families and their way of life. I hope Governor Wolf will change course and decide to keep the SCI Retreat open.”
By Bill O’Boyle
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WILKES-BARRE – City police arrested a guy who is wanted in Illinois in a vehicle parked in the opposite direction on Tuesday.
Robert Totra, 25, of Waterloo, Illinois, was a passenger in a Subaru parked in the direction and obstructed traffic in the 300 block of Hazle Street.
Police said driver Olivia C. Popov, 28, from Chicago, Illinois, said she was an UberEats driver.
A background check showed that Totra searched through the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois on charges that he had not attended a sentencing hearing for drug-related offenses.
An online record in Monroe County, Illinois, says Totra was scheduled to be sentenced on August 1, 2019 after pleading guilty to two counts of ownership of a controlled substance.
According to complaints:
Police saw the Subaru parked with a state plate parked on the road and obstructing traffic around 6 p.m.
Officers detected a smell of marijuana emitted through the vehicle.
Totra had no photo ID.
When Totra left the vehicle, an officer saw him trying to hide something under the front passenger seat.
Police recovered a bag containing marijuana from the seat.
Police then discovered a wallet in Totra’s pocket with his driver’s license, and a bag of banana That Totra had around him contained methamphetamine, two prescription tablets and 10 boxes of THC, he said.
THC is an element of marijuana.
Totra prosecuted Wednesday in Luzerne County Central Court on the property of a controlled substance, owned by drug accessories and fugitive from justice. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for a total bond of $30,000.
An initial hearing on the drug ownership fee is scheduled for January 21, and an extradition hearing is scheduled for January 24 in County Court.
Popov cited for a crime of abstract drug paraphernalia.
By Ed Lewis
DALLAS – Weis Markets opens a new Dallas location at the Country Club Mall on Thursday and the company will exhibit donations to causes.
The store will employ 32 full-time and part-time members and will be a full-service supermarket. It opens in a formerly occupied through Thomas Foodtown, which Weis bought in September 2019.
Weis Markets refunds will provide $500 at Back Mountain Food Pantry and The Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge at the opening ceremony.
A rite will be held on Thursday, January 16 at 10 a.m. with comments from Weis Markets representatives.
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets, Inc. is a food store in the mid-Atlantic with 198 outlets in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia.
For information, visit: WeisMarkets.com or Facebook.com/WeisMarkets.
By Bill O’Boyle
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WEST PITTSTON – A guy from West Pittston threw up a break in an interview with police about his alleged sexual arrangement of a girl, according to court records.
Andrew Anthony Terek, 28, of Race Street, arrested Tuesday night for illegal contact with the woman and sent sexually particular messages on social media.
According to the complaint:
The girl’s mother spoke to police on November 1 about a man, known as Terek, who was texting her daughter.
Police tested the messages and added one from Terek asking the woman to meet him on the Luzerne Avenue tracks. Terek indicated in the message that he sought to give the woman a necklace as an apology for putting her in a stressful situation, according to the complaint.
Police saw Terek on the tracks and asked him why he was in the area. Terek replied that he was going to a place to eat to pick up a menu, but police said the place to eat was closed at the time.
Terek voluntarily agreed to speak to officials about an incident.
After police briefly explained to Terek why they were seeking to question him, Terek went to the bathroom and was left with vomiting and arcades.
When the interview resumed, Terek admitted having had sexual conversations with the woman and asked her to have sex. He told police that he pressed his genitals opposite the woman’s buttocks on October 29 and sent her a picture of a penis he had copied on the Internet because “he was embarrassed to see how small his penis was,” the complaint read.
The woman told police that Terek added her as a friend on “Snapchat” on October 18, a date she remembered because it was in a football game between Pittston’s dominance and Wyoming rule. He claimed terek had told him he was 16.
Police said the woman had stated that “all I was looking for was sex in my component and there were times when I was just looking to talk,” the complaint read.
When they met on October 29, the woman claimed that Terek had begged her to have sex and urgently handed her over her genitals opposite her buttocks. She admitted to sending videos of terek 4 sexually particular on Snapchat.
Police said the woman was questioned through a forensic investigator at the Luzerne County Children’s Defense Center.
Police said Terek in the messages he sent to the woman asked him to send her sexually particular photos and videos. In several of the messages, Terek called the woman “My baby,” the complaint says.
Terek prosecuted through a district trial against Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township on two counts of illegal contact with a minor and one of each of the minor corruption and illegal use of media. He spent at Luzerne County Correctional Center for a $100,000 bond.
By Ed Lewis
WILKES-BARRE – A guy from Hazleton who got legally drunk when he crashed head-on with a Ashley police car recently sentenced to a special parole program.
Josue Valdez, 30, of Grant Street, had a blood alcohol point of 0.128% when her 2008 Honda took off while crossing the Ashley Plane Bridge on North Main Street on Ashley on April 8, 2018. The car turned in the opposite direction and collided with an unmarked Ashley cruiser, injuring patrolman Joshua Smith and the sergeant. Joseph McGlynn, according to court records.
Smith and McGlynn treated at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
A Sugar Notch officer detected an odor of alcoholic beverages emitted through Valdez.
A near-empty bottle of whiskey recovered from Valdez’s vehicle, according to court records.
Valdez failed a series of sobriety controls on the floor at the scene. He received treatment at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where a blood test revealed his blood alcohol level.
Police in the canton of Hanover investigated the accident.
Court records imply that Valdez pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a suspended license on November 12.
Luzerne County Chief Judge Joseph M. Augello friday sentenced Valdez to six months as a component of the county’s intermediate punishment program, with the first five days of space arrest with electronic surveillance and 15 hours of network service.
Valdez had his driver’s license suspended for a year, underwent random urine tests, and took protection for driving.
By Ed Lewis
WILKES-BARRE – The Rolling Mill Hill Residents Association will hold its regular monthly assembly on Wednesday, January 15 at 7 p.m. The assembly will take place in the corridor of Wilkes-Barre Mennonite School, 221 Blackman St.
Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Joe Coffay and community police officer Kirk Merchel will be the key speakers and talk to the residents. Councilman Tony Brooks will also be available to pay attention and address residents’ considerations and issues.
Parking is available at the school and access to the disabled room is on the front of Blackman Street. Meetings are open to all and snacks will be provided.
A former Penn State player says coach James Franklin responded after reporting on a violent hazing incident in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Isaiah Humphries, who recruited through Penn State but eventually left the show, sued Franklin and his former teammate Damion Barber.
All-America supporter Michah Parsons is also discussed as a participant in the chase, along with the NFL defensive finale Yetur Gross-Matos and supporter Jesse Luketa. However, these players are named as debuggers.
Among Humphries’ claims at trial is that Barber, Parsons, Gross-Matos and Luketa would fight under men of elegance on the floor and, while keeping them there, “they would place their genitals on the man’s face of diminishing elegance” and position.” his penises between the cheeks of the buttocks of men of low elegance, like the complaining Naked Array in the shower of the locker room.”
Players also reportedly referred to former coach Jerry Sandusky, who is serving a lengthy sentence for sexually assaulting children involved in his charity.
The complaint, which he filed through Humphries through his attorneys Steven F. School for the 2018-19 educational year.
Penn State published on a Tuesday saying that its Office of Prevention and Response to SexualLy Inappropriate Conduct and the workplace of student conduct had been investigated and that Penn State Police had handed over the effects of their own investigation to Central County District Attorney Bernie F. Cantorna.
“The district attorney reviewed the case and no payment will be processed,” the school said. “No accusations of hazing against anyone have been proven.”
A message was left asking for a comment from Cantorna.
From January 2018, the trial says, Humphries was the victim of hazing rounds that he said were “orchestrated” through Barber, Parsons, Gross-Matos and Luketa.
The dress says that the hazing rituals included the aforementioned “organizers” who would make men of diminishing elegance “their (swear) because it is a prison.”
The lawsuit goes on to say that the defendant and the participants explicitly threatened sexual abuse, allegedly saying, “I will punish you.”
Participants reportedly forced contact with men of the lower class, Humphries.
His movements would have “included players dominating the men of the lower class, fighting against the men of the lower class, and while maintaining the restriction of men of the lower class, the player presented his penis near the faces of the men of the lower class and stroked his genitals, simulating the action of ejaculation.”
Participants allegedly placed their penises between the buttocks of lower-class men and on their faces.
The uit says the habit is a flagrant violation of Penn State’s ban on hazing and Penn State’s own anti-hazing policy.
However, Humphries says that when the alleged habit was reported through his father, former Penn State and NFL player Leonard Humphries, Franklin and other staff members, retaliated and no further action was taken.
Regarding the allegations against Franklin, Penn State replied, “Based on in-depth interviews, we have not been aware of any data that corresponds to the allegations.”
Barber served a one-game suspension so Franklin called a “violation of the team’s rules,” without the first game of 2019 opposed to Idaho. When asked to explain additional Tuesday about the lawsuit, Penn State replied, “The field of individual academics is a confidential matter under federal law.”
Humphries says he was forced to participate in training designed to fail. This failure, in turn, served as an excuse to save him from playing.
He also claims he denied medications from the training staff he needed to treat anxiety and narcolepsy.
In addition, Luketa allegedly threatened to take down Humphries if he went to the Canadian city of Luketa.
Humphries is an unspecified amount of damage to your claim.
Penn’s current state has turned to social media to respond to the accusations.
“Lie,” Lamont Wade wrote on Twitter, “seeking attention…”.
“I hope you don’t do this nonsense,” Fred Hansard’s defensive version wrote. “It’s a genuine fraternity here! We would never do anything to jeopardize our future. The only thing we’re focusing on is winning this national championship next year. Lil, I just need you to know that KARMA is actually my friend!
“I don’t communicate often, but I’m not going to go here quietly while (Penn State football) is falsely swept away by dust through someone who stopped the show…”, wrote Garrett Taylor.
Humphries, who grew up in Texas, also played deep for Penn State, though he did not appear in any red-blouse games in the 2018 season. He was eventually transferred to Cal, and delivered his departure in November 2018.
“After many months of prayer and reflection, I will leave Penn State,” Humphries wrote. “I am very grateful to the coaches and for allowing me to come here from Texas. I’ve made a lot of friends here who I’m going to miss enormously and it’s going to be hard to leave them here.
“But grow and lose my love for football and for everything I enjoy. I am dissatisfied (ly) from moving out of this place. I appreciate everything I’ve been given and the relationships I’ve built along the way. Good luck to the Nittany Lions for their bowling (game). »
The Associated Press contributed to the report.
Read the dress here.
By Patrick Kernan
KINGSTON – A convicted sex offender wanted on allegations that he violated Megan’s registration needs in Florida was captured through an Uber driving force on Tuesday morning.
Police arrested Joseph Scott Daniel Bender, 23, of Defuniak Springs, Florida, after a background check showed he was looking for him in Florida.
Bender, one of the 3 passengers aboard an Acura driven by an Uber driving force who was arrested in the domain of Main and Northampton streets shortly after midnight, according to court records.
Bender prosecuted through District Judge Brian James Tupper in Luzerne County Central Court as a fugitive from justice. He was imprisoned at the county correctional facility without bail pending an extradition hearing in a county court.
Bender is listed as a sex offender on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement website.
Florida Department of Corrections online records show that Bender was sentenced to two years of crime in June 2014 for assaulting a user under the age of 12 in May 2013.
Bender’s prestige over Florida sex offenders is listed as “on the run,” as he no longer lives at the last reported address.
By Ed Lewis
EXETER – A boy from Schuylkill County was arrested Tuesday after police said he exposed himself and urinated in the student parking lot in Wyoming Area High School.
Police said they responded to high school for a guy who had been exposed and urinated in a parking lot just before 10:30 a.m. and fled in a vehicle.
Police arrested the vehicle allegedly through Charles C. Scott, 76, from Cressona.
Surveillance reportedly searched Scott with his genitals exposed and urinating, police said.
Scott charged through District Judge Joseph J. Carmody in West Pittston on charges of indecent exposure, open darkness, disorderly driving and driving an unregistered vehicle. He came out with an un guaranteed bond of $5,000.
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