🌱 How a July home invasion on Montgomery Avenue led to three arrests
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- How a July home invasion on Montgomery Avenue led to three arrests
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📰 News we're reading
• Trio charged with armed home invasion in West Pittston (timesleader.com) — An alleged armed home invasion on Montgomery Avenue in West Pittston has led to charges against three Wilkes-Barre residents, with two already arraigned locally and jailed without bail. Police say masked intruders threatened a resident with firearms and stole property in July, and county detectives assisted Wyoming Area Regional Police in the investigation. The trio also faces separate burglary-related charges in Fairview Township. 
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