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An Edwardsville man was charged Tuesday with setting up a sexual meeting with what he thought was a 15-year-old boy â but who turned out to be an undercover police officer. David Vincent Varosky, 35, of 52½ Short St., was arrested after showing up at the meeting location around 11:40 a.m. and encountering Kingston police Detective Stephen Gibson rather than an underage boy.
A Warrior Run man is facing aggravated assault charges after police say he caused a single-vehicle wreck while driving under the influence.
Roberto Carlos Herrera, 32, is accused of crashing on Dundee Cross Road near Loomis Park Road shortly before 6 p.m. Monday.
Police charged Herrera with DUI, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, possessing marijuana and several traffic violations, including illegal passing.
Herrera was also charged with disorderly conduct and harassment stemming from his conduct at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, police said.
Magisterial District Judge James J. Haggerty arraigned Herrera on the charges Tuesday morning and set bail at $10,000.
Herrera was being held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with a preliminary hearing set for Feb. 1.
It took four officers to subdue a man being arrested for domestic assault in the Laurel Run Trailer Park on Saturday night, according to police.
Chad M. Solarek, 30, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest and harassment in connection with the incident, according to a criminal complaint filed by state police.
According to the complaint:
State troopers responded to a reported physical domestic altercation in the trailer park at about 9:25 p.m. Saturday.
When Solarek saw police arrive he closed the front door to the trailer. Concerned for the safety of the reported victim, officers opened the door and Solarek confronted them, yelling that it was his house and police had no right to be there.
A Pittston man told officers he led them on a chase from Edwardsville to Wilkes-Barre early Sunday morning because he was under the influence, according to police.
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