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Police Fire and Court

Charge of official oppression filed against area attorney

Local attorney Timothy Reitz, 51, of 1195 Mill Road, Allenwood, was arrested Friday morning on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression for “exchanging nude photos and having a sexual relationship” with a female client after being appointed by a court in early March 2024 to serve as ...

Bucks County man escapes injury after striking three parked vehicles

While watching television inside her second-floor apartment in the 600 block of West West Fourth Street about 8:30 Saturday night, the city woman heard the horrendous crash in front her building. "It sounded like dynamite. The collision even shook the building," the woman, who did not give ...

Charges dropped in two cases while guilty pleas accepted in others

With insufficient evidence to pursue the case, state police have dropped all charges against Linton Hooper, 58, of 513 Wyoming St., and Athony Leroy James Jr., 52, of 1320 Pleasant Hills Road, in connection with a 2015 sports car owned by James that was set on fire on 4 Mile Road near Trout Run ...

Luzerne County motorist faces charges following violent crash

Motorist Tyler R. Purkey, 21, of Pittston, has been arrested on a felony aggravated assault-by-vehicle charge and several summary offenses, including reckless driving, that stem from a crash near Lairdsville in early January in which his pickup truck collided head-on with an oncoming car, ...