Sixteen people were victims of homicide in Luzerne County in 2020, according to the Luzerne County Coronerâs Office.
The yearâs cases included three people killed by family members, a shooting during a robbery and a suspect who was shot by the police.
Guns were the preferred method of committing homicide, accounting for 11 of the cases. Physical assault was the cause of death in three of the cases, and another case was attributed to injuries sustained in a car crash.
The number of homicides was up from the 12 people who were mortally wounded in Luzerne County in 2019, but was comparable to the total in other years â the county had 15 homicides in 2018, 16 in 2017 and 12 in 2016.
COVID-19 Cases Continue To Increase In Pennsylvania
(Harrisburg, PA) Positive COVID-19 cases are continuing to increase in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced more than 35-hundred new cases yesterday. This brings the state s current total of active cases to nearly 615-thousand. Almost six-thousand people are hospitalized statewide due to the coronavirus, which is double what the state had in spring. U.S. Attorney David Freed Announces Resignation
(Harrisburg, PA) U.S. Attorney David Freed is going to resign on New Year s Day. Freed announced his resignation yesterday after he has served about three years as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Brandler is going to take over the position after Freed s leave. Brandler has been a member of the office for over 30 years and served as U.S. Attorney from 2016 to 2017.
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Deadline extended for student Innovations Challenge
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Protection invite high school students in grade nine to 12 to enter the fourth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem solving, creative and strategic thinking abilities to solve real-world transportation challenges.
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Route 309 reopens hours after deadly crash; victim identified, authorities say
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
UPDATE: The man who died in Monday night’s crash on Route 309 in Springfield Township, Bucks County, has been identified as Eryk Sanchinelli, 61, of Upper Macungie Township, county Coroner Meredith Buck said Tuesday evening. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning to determine the cause and manner of Sanchinelli’s death. He was pronounced dead at 10:01 p.m. at the scene, Buck said.
INITIAL POST:Route 309 is open Tuesday morning in northern Bucks County after a fatal crash shut it late Monday night, authorities report.
The crash was reported at 9:52 p.m. and involved a tractor-trailer and a Honda CRV, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Nathan Branosky said. A 61-year-old man died, he said.