Tag archive for ‘trial’
Jury selected for trial of couple accused in campground arsons (0)
1/05/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The case against a Wilkes-Barre couple who face arson and fraud charges in connection with two fires at an area campground heads to trial next week in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas. Jury selection was held Monday for the trial of Tamara Santarelli and her husband, Victor Santarelli III. The [...]
Scher dies in prison (0)
10/20/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Dr. Stephen Scher, who was serving a life sentence for the 1976 murder of his friend Martin Dillon, died of natural causes at the State Correctional Institute at Laurel Highlands in Somerset County on Aug. 9. He was 70. On June 2, 1976, Scher and Dillon had been shooting clay [...]
Humber pleads guilty (3)
9/15/10 •
BY STACI WILSON After one day of testimony in front of a Susquehanna County jury, a Montrose area man pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory sexual assault. George Humber Jr., 57, entered the guilty pleas Tuesday morning prior to any additional testimony. One of the plea agreements was for the case that was in [...]
Truck driver acquitted (0)
9/15/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Susquehanna County jury found a truck driver accused of bilking Lackawanna/ Susquehanna County Mental Health/ Mental Retardation out of more than $51,000 not guilty on all charges. The verdict was rendered at about 8 p.m., Friday night, after about four hours of deliberation. David Fritts, 58, Ithaca, N.Y., faced four felony [...]