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Villanueva guilty of first degree murder, jury decides

Benjamin Villanueva III, charged in the December 2023 shooting death of Jermaine Mullen, was found guilty of the crime Thursday evening, with a jury returning a guilty verdict on the charge of first degree criminal homicide, following a three day trial in the courtroom of President Judge Eric ...

DuBoistown man allegedly threatened brother with handgun

During a verbal confrontation outside their DuBoistown home about noon on Jan. 20, Jermaine Frederick Jr. with a gun in his hand, told his brother “Bro, you walk up on me, I’m shooting you right in the face,” it was alleged in a South Williamsport police affidavit. No shots were ...

Adolfo Garcia Rivera, 23, of Allentown, was arrested and jailed last week on felony charges that were filed after he used a fake Pennsylvania driver’s lincense in an attempt to pick up three delivered cellphones at the FedEx ship center in Fairfield Township in late June 2024, state police ...

Trial for man accused of 2023 murder begins

A little over three years after he allegedly shot and robbed a man, the trial for Benjamin Villanueva III began in the courtroom of President Judge Eric Linhardt began Monday morning. In February 2024, authorities charged Villanueva with criminal homicide, aggravated assault with a deadly ...