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By Roger DuPuis | WVIA News Published August 21, 2024 Dr. Bashar Hanna, president of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, previously served as president of Bloomsburg University before it became part of Commonwealth in 2022. Former Bloomsburg University dean Jeffrey Krug has won a $3.9 million federal jury verdict over claims he faced retaliation and was [...]

BY JAMES HALPIN STAFF WRITER | Jan 3, 2024 Updated Jan 3, 2024 Keliana Lineth Moronta Jimenez, center, and her boyfriend Wellington Javier Marte Ramirez speak moments after being released from jail in August, with translator, Darylyn Pujols, left, and their attorney, Theron Solomon. A couple cleared of murder charges after being locked up for 10 months

Their complaints are not taken seriously until it's too late,' attorney says. Author: WNEP Web Staff | Published: 4:53 PM EST January 6, 2024 SCRANTON, Pa. — Locked in a cell at the Lackawanna County Prison, Ryan Curtis drained his painful and swollen toe and wrapped his wound in a sock provided at intake, a

By Marian Johns | Pennsylvania Record SCRANTON — A Northumberland County man is claiming he was beaten and suffered a fractured shoulder while in the custody of the Borough of Mount Carmel police. Lucas Klingerman filed a complaint Sept. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Jonathan McHugh, Evan

by Emily CherkauskasThu, September 14th 2023 | FOX56.com MOUNT CARMEL, NORTHUMBERLAND CO. (WOLF) — Two lawsuits have been filed against the Mount Carmel police officers charged with civil rights violations, even naming a fourth officer. Two separate lawsuits filed by Lucas Klingerman and Jason Dillow, through attorneys Barry H. Dyller, Theron J. Solomon, Caelie M.

Jul 9, 2023 — Improper training and procedures led to the deaths by suicide of three inmates at Luzerne County Correctional Facility two years ago, …

Dec 5, 2022 — The father of a 30-year-old woman who died at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility sued the county on Monday, alleging surveillance …

Keliana Lineth Moronta Jimenez and Wellington Javier Marte Ramirez are reunited with their children, Sairy, 4, and Wesley, 11 months, after…

by Jake Sarwar | fox56.com News “We are not going to stop bringing these cases until they correct it” says Attorney Theron Solomon of Dyller & Solomon. Dyller & Solomon, a Wilkes-Barre based law firm, filed a lawsuit against the Luzerne County Correctional Facility. According to the lawsuit, improper training and poor protocol led to

When the victim of a campus sexual assault faced a counterclaim by her alleged attacker, she sued him for “abuse of the Title IX process," in what experts say is a new approach. By: Johanna Alonso | Inside Higher Ed A sexual assault at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., led to an “abuse of process”