🌱 How a dating app meetup turned into a West Pittston home invasion

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• Thursday: A morning shower in spots, with a high of 75 and low of 64 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading

• Dating app match leads to home invasion, police say (2822news.com) — Police say a July home invasion on Montgomery Avenue in West Pittston began when a woman allegedly used a Facebook Dating match to get inside and then let in two accomplices. Three Wilkes-Barre residents now face robbery and assault charges, with two held without bail and a preliminary hearing set for October 13.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Pittston

• Best Bets: 5 Things to Do, September 30, 2026 (citizensvoice.com)
• 3 charged in West Pittston social media robbery (citizensvoice.com)
• Luzerne County Council OKs rail sale to Reading and Northern (psdispatch.com)

Exeter

• Pennsylvania state high school football rankings: Two Berks teams hold their place (readingeagle.com)

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