Shawanese News

A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was charged with simple assault and harassment after his girlfriend told police that he dragged her from the road into her Wilkes-Barre residence and choked her until she became light-headed on Friday at 4:04 a.m., city police said.

John Moratto was sitting in the office at his Hazle Township music store, Johnny Moratto's Music, when he heard the distinctive doorbell ring Wednesday afternoon.

Judge William H. Amesbury, presiding over Domestic Relations Contempt Court on Tuesday, ordered four defendants jailed for failure to pay child support: Robert Baldoni Jr., P.O. Box 282, Shawanese, 30 days for failure to pay $9,878 in arrears.

Robert Baldoni Jr., P.O. Box 282, Shawanese, jailed for 90 days for failure to pay $10,478 in support of one child.