A Scranton man who was convicted of murder last month was in court again today to be sentenced because that conviction was a probation violation.

A jury found Jason Dominick, 24, guilty of third-degree murder and related conspiracy on May 10. He was on probation at that time for a theft by unlawful taking charge, which he plead guilty to in 2012.

Lackawanna County Judge Vito Geroulo sentenced today Mr. Dominick to 2½ to five years in state prison for the violation — the maximum sentence — calling his murder conviction the “ultimate crime.”

Mr. Dominick was charged as the shooter in the murder of Frank Bonacci. Neil Pal, who was convicted this month of first-degree murder and conspiracy, drove the three men past the step falls area of the Roaring Brook in Scranton on July 20, where police asserted Mr. Dominick shot Mr. Bonacci in the back of the head. Mr. Pal and Mr. Dominick then forced Mr. Bonacci’s Jeep, with his body inside, into a ravine. Both were found seven days later.

Mr. Dominick met with probation officers for appointments after Mr. Bonacci was reported missing. He told them that he had been contacted by police about the disappearance of the Dunmore man.

Judge Geroulo said that compliance paled in comparison to the secret he kept: the whereabouts of Mr. Bonacci’s vehicle and body after the man was murdered.

“Superficially he was compliant,” Judge Geroulo said.

He said the home invasion that resulted in the theft charges also showed violent tendencies.

“There were aspects of violence that were pretty much a premonition of this,” Judge Geroulo said.

Mr. Dominick said he wishes every day that he had not attended the party at Mr. Pal’s home, the evening before the murder.

“I believe the worst mistake I made was going to that party,” Mr. Dominick said softly, before adding that he was “sorry.”

Mr. Dominick is scheduled to be sentenced for the murder conviction in August.

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U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, is getting national attention for saying on a local radio show that the U.S. House "probably" has the votes to impeach President Obama. 

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are going up for the seventh straight year.

The turnpike commission Tuesday approved a 5 percent increase that will take effect in January.

Officials say the increase will be applied evenly to cash and electronic E-ZPass tolls — marking the first time in three years that cash tolls are not subject to a steeper increase.

About three out of four turnpike drivers now use E-ZPass.

The new rates will nudge the cost of the most common toll for passenger vehicles by a nickel to $1.09 for E-ZPass users and by a dime to $1.70 for cash customers.

The most common toll for tractor-trailers will increase from $8.62 to $9.05 for EZPass users and from $12.15 to $12.80 for cash customers.

After sitting at the helm of the Mountain View School District for just under two years, Superintendent Francine Shea’s contract was severed by the school board, effective immediately on Monday night.

Ms. Shea was not present at the meeting.

With all school directors present, the board unanimously vote to terminate Ms. Shea. The board exercised its “Right of Unilateral Termination.” Under that provision, Ms. Shea can collect five months’ salary and personal leave reimbursement. It is not known why the board wanted to terminate her.

Director of Curriculum and Instruction Karen Voigt was appointed to temporarily fill the superintendent’s position.

Ms. Shea was hired by the board in June 2012, at a salary of $100,000 and took over the position on July 1, 2012. She replaced Andrew Chichura, who served in the position from 2006 until 2012; and also served in that capacity from 1984-1996.

Her termination comes a full year before her contract was set to expire.

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The summer-season opening of Lackawanna County’s pool at McDade Park has been postponed from Saturday to possibly the middle of next week, officials said.

The opening will be delayed due to a water-line project that has shut off water to the park’s main area, said county spokesman Joe D’Arienzo.

The pool is almost full, but a feeder line had to be shut down due to the project, he said.

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Collectors around the globe will be watching on Tuesday when the world’s rarest stamp is expected to fetch as much as $20 million at a Sotheby’s New York auction.

The stamp is legendary, but its owner is infamous.

The late multimillionaire John E. du Pont, heir to the chemical company fortune, led a privileged life in a mansion outside Philadelphia and became an author, conservationist and sports patron. But he died a paranoid schizophrenic in the state prison in Somerset County in December 2010 and was buried in his wrestling singlet.

During a sensational trial, a jury determined he was mentally ill in 1996 when he shot to death U.S. champion Olympic wrestler David Schultz in a wrestling facility on his Newtown Square estate. He was serving a 13- to 30-year sentence.

The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, which du Pont acquired in 1980 for $935,000, is truly unique, Sotheby’s spokesman Darrell Rocha said.

It is the sole surviving 1-cent stamp of the entire 1856 issue produced in Georgetown, British Guiana, on a newspaper printing press while the colony’s postmaster awaited a shipment of stamps from Great Britain.

It’s the Cadillac of Cadillacs in the stamp world, said Saul Weitz, of Harold B. Weitz Inc. in Pittsburgh, dealers of rare coins, currency and stamps.

“This is a stamp that when we were kids, it was being advertised as the rarest stamp ever,” he said. “It has world appeal.”

Under du Pont’s will, 80 percent of the proceeds from the sale will go to former wrestler Valentine Jordanov Dimitrov of Sewickley and his family members. The remainder is designated for the Eurasia Pacific Wildlife Conservation Foundation, based in Paoli, Pa., which du Pont founded.

Dimitrov, 54, won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics representing Bulgaria. He gained notoriety in 2013 when he returned his medal to the International Olympic Committee to protest its decision to drop wrestling from the program.

The will was contested several times by du Pont family members but was most recently upheld in 2012 in local and state appellate courts. Attorneys involved in the appeal have said the last formal deadline to appeal the will expired in November.

Sotheby’s spokesman Rocha would not elaborate on the distribution of proceeds, saying only that the stamp is being sold by du Pont’s estate.

The significance of the stamp was first recognized by philatelist Edward Loines Pemberton as early as 1878. Thirteen years later, The Philatelic Record formally acknowledged that the British Guiana was “without doubt, in our opinion, the rarest stamp in the world, in its solitary grandeur.”

The roughly 1 square inch of paper, with its corners trimmed off, is expected to bring $10 million to $20 million at auction. The auction record for a single stamp,

$2.2 million, was set in 1996 by the Treskilling Yellow, a misprinted Swedish stamp.

“It will be interesting to see how high it goes,” said Tom Sivak, a stamp dealer in Butler. “People who have a lot of money are keeping this hobby going.”

Nonetheless, dealers say collectors are spending plenty of money on scarce objects.

“It’s a very live market,” Weitz said. “There’s a lot of money chasing anything that is rare.”

As for du Pont, his story will live on in a new film titled, “Foxcatcher,” starring Steve Carell, Channing

Tatum and Sienna Miller. Scenes were filmed in McKeesport, Sewickley and the Petersen Events Center.

The death of a 31-year-old Waymart man at a Dyberry Twp. home in March has been ruled a homicide by the Wayne County coroner.

Ryan Clemo, 59 Deer Run Lane, was taken by ambulance to Wayne Memorial Hospital, where he was declared dead by asphyxiation on the morning of Saturday, March 29.

Wayne County District Attorney Janine Edwards said her office is investigating the incident, though no criminal charges have yet been filed.

“There were various people in the home at the time,” Ms. Edwards said. “I can’t say much more than that.”

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The County of Lackawanna Transit System’s board of directors on Tuesday agreed to buy the Martz Trailways terminal site for $875,000, setting the stage for construction of a $12.6 million Scranton transportation hub to start this summer.

The sales agreement with F-M Realty Co. will pair the 2.318 acre parcel at 23 Lackawanna Ave. with the roughly 1 acre neighboring property currently occupied by Tom Hesser Nissan, which is moving to Dunmore July 1.

COLTS previously acquired that property through eminent domain for about $700,000 and will swap the two parcels with the state to build the intermodal transportation center across the street, said Robert Fiume, executive director of COLTS.

The transit agency will build the downtown hub for COLTS buses, commercial buses and taxis at what is now a parking lot for state employees, and those workers will eventually park where the Martz terminal and Nissan dealership currently are.

Groundbreaking is scheduled for the first week of August, and COLTS officials tentatively expect the intermodal project to wrap up in October 2015.

“It’s going to provide a centralized, climate-controlled transfer point for our passengers,” Mr. Fiume said.

The COLTS board also on Tuesday approved a lease that will allow Martz to continue to operate at its current site until the intermodal facility opens, at which point the Martz operation will move there.

In other business, the board approved $113,740 in change orders for Sowinski Sullivan Architects in part for the contractor’s additional work evaluating a variety of different scenarios groups proposed for the project during earlier planning stages.

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JERMYN — A cloud of several thousand honeybees swarmed a tree branch on a busy Jermyn street Tuesday and prompted a police response. The buzzing mass disappeared before a beekeeper arrived.

“This happens from time to time,” acting borough Police Chief William Arthur said. “We deal with that around this time of year.”

Police were called to the 500 block of South Washington Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. No one was stung.

Though a swirling horde of bees can intimidate the average person, a swarm is generally not dangerous unless provoked, said Jeff Ganz, a Scranton beekeeper called to remove the swarm.

Bees swarm an object, like a tree branch or fence, while scout bees search for a habitable place to establish a more permanent home. Swarms can last anywhere between 15 minutes and three days, Mr. Ganz said.

Mr. Ganz urged people to contact authorities if there is a swarm on their property, as the bees might try to move into the framework of their home.

Mr. Ganz was slightly disappointed the swarm on South Washington Avenue was gone before one of his assistants arrived.

Mr. Ganz has been a beekeeper by hobby for 35 years and harvests honey from his bees.

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Eight-year-old Inicci Bonafede had one ride on his mind when he arrived at the Northeast Fair on Tuesday night.

“The Ferris wheel,” he said, twirling his arms around to demonstrate his favorite ride’s motion.

Inicci came to the opening night of the annual Northeast Fair in Pittston Twp. with Nick and Nina Bonafede of Pittston.

The family comes to the fair every year, said Mr. Bonafede, 29. Mrs. Bonafede, 34 said the variety of activities keeps them coming back.

“There’s a lot of things to do,” she said. “It’s one of the best fairs locally.”

The Northeast Fair kicked off its six-day run at 5 p.m. Tuesday night, featuring carnival rides, agricultural exhibits, concerts, a petting zoo and more all to benefit the Pittston Twp. Fire Department.

Fair volunteer Lori Capozucca, 46, of Pittston Twp., said the fair is the Fire Department’s main fundraiser for the year, bringing in about $50,000 in funds and more than 30,000 people over the week.

Mrs. Capozucca’s husband, Fire Department President Allan Capozucca, said the funds raised by ticket sales at this year’s fair will help pay for “Fire Department upgrades and equipment we need to protect the people of Pittston Twp.”

The first crowds quickly filed in just after the fair opened its gates Tuesday night, drawn in by the games, rides and food.

Brandon Bastek, 14, of Jenkins Twp., and William McCracken, 14, of Pittston, wandered through the midway, keeping an eye out for school friends.

“(The fair) is about the food and to see who’s here,” Brandon said. He planned to pick up a gyro and ride the Fireball, a large looping ride near the center of the

fairgrounds.

The Northeast Fair will continue until Sunday. The gates open at 5 p.m. today and Thursday. The fair will open at 9 a.m. on Friday, and at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Complete fair information is listed at www.northeastfair.com.

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U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Tuesday he doesn’t favor impeaching President Barack Obama and isn’t proposing or advocating the idea, even though he thinks the president has violated the Constitution repeatedly.

Mr. Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, said he was actually trying to defuse statements by people who suggest that the Republican-led House should do something about the president violating the Constitution as he spoke to a conservative talk-radio host in York on Monday.

“He’s just absolutely ignoring the Constitution, and ignoring the laws, and ignoring the checks and balances,” Mr. Barletta said on “The Gary Sutton Show.” “The problem is, you know, what do you do? For those that say, ‘Impeach him for breaking the laws or bypassing the laws,’ you know, could that pass in the House? It probably, it probably could. Is the majority of the American people in favor of impeaching the president? I’m not sure about that.”

Mr. Barletta said he wouldn’t vote for impeachment unless a majority of Americans supported the idea. He doesn’t think they do, but also wouldn’t vote for impeachment because the majority-Democratic Senate wouldn’t convict the president.

“I was actually dismissing the idea for those who (say) ... ‘Why don’t we do something, why don’t impeach the president?’ And I ran through the litany of the process, could it pass the House?” Mr. Barletta said. “Maybe, probably. Would it be accepted by the American people? Probably not. I wasn’t proposing it and I’m not advocating it. Nowhere in our (House Republican) caucus have I even heard anyone talk about it.”

But Mr. Barletta said he believes the president violated the Constitution by repeatedly extending deadlines for individuals and businesses to comply with the Affordable Care Act, known commonly as Obamacare.

“Once it was passed by Congress, it was a law and only Congress can change the law,” he said.

He also criticized the president for failing to give Congress 30 days notice of the exchange of Taliban-held prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban members held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay and issuing a directive to block enforcement of immigration laws when an illegal immigrant is under 16 years old. Democrats and Republicans have questioned the prisoner exchange notice failure, but Republicans have led the drive on the immigration issue.

“He doesn’t have the constitutional authority to do that (waive the law on illegal immigration for children under 16),” Mr. Barletta said.

The Democratic National Committee chimed in with an emailed statement, suggesting people who learned Mr. Barletta said Mr. Obama could face impeachment would react incredulously.

“Yep, you read that right, impeachment,” DNC spokesman Ian Sams said in the email.

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SCRANTON — A 39-year-old city man’s television was stolen Monday while he was at work, police said.

Andres Aguilar returned home to 533 Willow St. at 3 p.m. and found his apartment door open. His television was missing, acting Capt. Glenn Thomas said.

The television was valued at $300. The burglary happened sometime between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., Capt. Thomas said.

Anyone with information can contact detectives at 570-348-4139.

A Scranton wine importer and an Italian producer agreed to recall more than 2,300 cases of wine after a handful of bottles exploded in Pennsylvania Wine & Spirits Shoppes.

Bottles of Indigenous Selections Prosecco Brut 2013 broke as store clerks opened cases and box openers struck bottle necks, said importer Fred Magnotta of F. Magnotta LLC. No bottles exploded in the possession of consumers, said state Liquor Control Board Chairman Joseph E. Brion in a statement about the recall. The statement advises consumers who have a bottle to use caution when handling and “dispose of it as soon as possible.” Refunds are available from the state stores.

The fault was not with the wine, but rather with the bottle, according to Mr. Magnotta, who said he weighed broken and empty bottles and found them to weigh far less than the 720 grams ordered by Indigenous Selection. That Piedmontese vintner is owned by Giorgio Rivetti. The wine was bottled in Treviso, Italy. Samples are being sent back to Italy for further analysis. The bottles came from an Italian bottle maker.

“Giorgio and I are completely embarrassed and we want to be transparent and fix it,” Mr. Magnotta said. “We distribute quality wine and, unfortunately, someone dropped the ball.”

Few of the wines made it to consumers and many were either warehoused or still on shelves.

A lighter bottle and rough handling around the neck (a weak spot on the bottle) could be enough to break some bubbly bottles, said David Munksgard, sparkling wine maker at Iron Horse Vineyards in Sonoma County. Bottle quality and integrity is paramount when producing sparkling wine, he said. Wines such as Iron Horse, produced in the same method as fine Champagnes, exert 90 to 110 pounds per square inch of pressure on the inside wall of the bottle. The pressure generated by a Prosecco is probably less, but still much more than non-sparkling wine.

Mr. Magnotta has been fielding calls from Reuters, Wine Spectator and other national and international media. Going forward, Mr. Rivetti will have a representative personally supervising bottling of Indigenous Selections Prosecco.

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

■ Shawn Martin Tully and Krista Marie Larioni, both of Clarks Summit.

■ Rico Scotti and Laurie Lynn Cardamone, both of Henderson, Nev.

■ Mark Steven Icker and Lynn Ann Farrell, both of Throop.

■ Charles Lewis Slaughter and Karen Pfefferkorn, both of Scranton.

■ Greydon Paull Cochrane, Carpentersville, Ill. and Odessa Christine Cator, Union Dale.

■ Scott Alan Lovely and Mary Catherine Casciano, both of Scranton.

■ Roger Jeffery Miller, Jermyn, and Kristi Lee Raymer, Scranton.

■ Michael Robert Calvey, Scranton, and Brittany Lynn McPhillips, Scranton.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

■ Phelan Hallinan LLP, attorney-in-fact for Federal National Loan Mortgage Corp., to Melissa and Donald Ruthven; a property at 210 N. Abington Road, Clarks Green, for $51,100.

■ Robert F. and Catherine M. Kruger, Murrieta, Calif., to David L. Ragnacci, Scranton; a property at 834 N. Main Ave., Scranton, for $125,000.

■ Richard R. and Patricia Beasley, Dunmore, to Harry Patrick Jr. and Stephanie A. McGrath, Dunmore; a property at 1726 Jefferson Ave., Dunmore, for $185,000.

■ Michael G. Walsh and Gayle Parker, Scranton, to Joan and Diana Nolan, Bronx, N.Y.; two parcels in Scranton for $145,000.

■ Santander Bank, formerly known as Sovereign Bank, to Neil Wicker, Scranton, and Patrick Boylan, Dunmore, as tenants in common; a property at 1024 Crown Ave., Scranton, for $32,000.

■ Select Portfolio Servicing Inc., attorney-in-fact for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., to Christopher Roshak and Kevin Roshak; a property at 945 Mary St., Throop, for $36,000.

■ Eleanor M. Karwaski, Taylor, to Gerard and Alice Kuhn, Dunmore; a property at 604 W. Taylor St., Taylor, for $118,500.

■ Fairway Consumer Discount Co., Luzerne, to Ashlee Sherman, Kingsley Twp.; a property at 369 Upper Powderly St., Carbondale, for $84,800.

DIVORCES SOUGHT

■ Tricia Lentowski, Covington Twp., v. Andrew Lentowski, Covington Twp.; married Sept. 1, 2000, in Archbald; Brian J. Cali, attorney.

■ Delbert James Jr., Scranton, v. Lisa Marie James, Scranton; married Sept. 10, 1988, in Scranton; Brian J. Cali, attorney.

■ Maritza E. Chero de Pajuelo, Kingston, v. Bladimiro Nelson Pajuelo Helgar, Lima, Peru; married Dec. 25, 1976, in Casma, Peru; pro se.

■ Christina Williams, Blakely, v. Jeffrey Williams, Blakely; married Aug. 29, 2009, in Scranton; pro se.

LAWSUIT

■ Tanya Louree, 2822 Marvine Ave., Apt. 3, Scranton, v. Scranton Housing Authority, 400 Adams Ave., Scranton, seeking in excess of $50,000, exclusive of costs, interest, delay damages, and such other relief deemed just and proper, for injuries suffered June 17, 2012, in a fall on the defendant’s premises at 414 Adams Ave., Scranton; Malcolm L. MacGregor, attorney.

ESTATES FILED

■ Leonard F. Ash Sr., also known as Leonard Ash, 203 Center St., Taylor, letters testamentary to Ann G. Ash, 13 Charles St., Pittston.

■ James McCracken, also known as James L. McCracken, 580 Milwaukee Ave., Old Forge, letters of administration to Barbara McCracken, same address.

■ Constanti Lispi, also known as Tino Lispi, 606 School St., Moosic, letters of administration to Alura Lispi, same address.

■ Chester A. Gajewski, 1600 Green Ridge St., Dunmore, letters testamentary to Walter Skiba, 1414 Schlager St., Scranton.

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SCOTT TWP. — Lakeland High is undergoing renovations, but “no physical change will ever take away the memories that these walls hold for us,” salutatorian Jacqueline Amanda “Mandy” Jadick told her classmates during the school’s 55th commencement exercises on Tuesday night.

Red, white and blue balloons decorated the stage as members of the senior class stopped in twos on stage for their family members and friends to snap pictures. In her speech, Mandy challenged her classmates to “be the class that sticks together like the family we are.”

“Once a Chief, always a Chief,” she said.

Valedictorian Morgan Sed­or­ovitz said the class of 2014 might be small, but “it does not lack any extraordinary talents or characteristics.”

“Everyone on this stage is destined to do great things in their futures,” she said.

Mayfield mayor and 1960 graduate of Lakeland, Alexander Chelik, was chosen by the senior class as its speaker.

The former history teacher and retired principal faced the graduating seniors as he apologized for his generation and the generation after him for leaving the class with “a whole mess of problems.”

He commented on the distress in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, recent school shootings, economic problems and even Hannah Montana turning into Miley Cyrus, which drew laughs from students.

But he also offered them some wisdom, using the story of Noah’s Ark to guide his ship of advice home.

“Don’t miss the boat,” he told the class.

Mr. Chelik also told the class to remember the knowledge and skills they learned at Lakeland to solve any problem.

“No matter how violent the storm, have faith,” he said.

GRADUATES INCLUDE:

Chester Todd Anuszewski, Paige C. Barnard, Francis Ray Bauman Jr., Sarah Ann Beecroft, Stephanie Sharon Bjork, James Morgan Blevins, Ashley Pamela Bohn, Victoria Elizabeth Boos, Breann Boyarsky, Robert William Bradley, John James Brayer Jr., Jessica Lynn Bruce, Brielle Nicole Buck, Jeremy Alexander Burden, Emily Burke, Dana Buskovitz, Brian John Bylotas Jr., Siena Myga’n Cardamone, Shawn Michael Carito, Taylor Kaitlin Carrubba, Ryan Walter Cavanaugh, Tyler Clark, Breann Clauss-Walton, Chad Adam Cook, Victor Scott Cortes II, Jordan Rose Curnow, Adam James Davis, Thomas Edward Davis II, Cassidy Ann Dorson, Julianna Susan Dubee, Taylor Marie Ferko, Michael Charles Fron, Jessica Lynn Fuller, Kathryn B. Golosky, Allen Graham, Alea Lyn Granville, Alexis Ann Graziano, Jeremy Matthew Greco, Timothy David Hackenberg, Katelyn Elizabeth Hanko, Thomas W. Harrison III, James Paul Hayes, Billy-Ray Leo Hendrickson, Dustin B. Hendrickson, Jordan Joseph Hoinsky, Jacqueline Amanda Jadick, Samantha Elizabeth Jenkins, Marina Keklak, Tomas J. Koslowski, Gregory Timothy Kugler, Zachary Jeffrey Lanuti, Jameson F. Lehenaff, Robert Stephen Lepre Jr., Jordyn Marie Loff, Richard Tiffany Longstreet IV, Matthew Malpasse, Alexa Marie Marsico, Alexis Lynn McDermott, Angelia Bernadette Mecke, Evan D. Miller, Hope Mariah Miller, Kyle A. Miller, Cody Ronald Morcom, Jennifer Ann Nawrocki, Gavin Robert O’Donnell, Maura Elizabeth O’Neill, Brian Eugene Ogozaly, Susanna Grace Ogozaly, Joseph G. Palermo III, Brian Michael Pasternak, Anthony Pawluck, Zackary M. Powers, Amanda Ann Pritchyk, Taryn Maria Pronko, Austin Daniel Reese, Morgan Mary Reeves, Amanda Marie Reidenbach, Joseph Michael Repella, Ryan John Richardson, Arianna Joyce Rivenburgh, Christopher Joseph Roche, Alyssa Marie Romano, Alyssa Michelle Rousseau, Jared Michael Rude, Anthony John Rupp, Alexandria Rusnak, Morgan Sedorovitz, Kelseylynn Serge, Amanda Sheakoski, Neil Vincent Slesh, Jennifer Smith, Koda S. Smith, Sharon Rose Snyder, Lesile Ann Soto, David Joseph Stude, Joseph Daniel Teeple, Jordyn Tomcykoski, Jordan John Tratthen, Natalie Grace Tuffy, Logan Cora Walker, Zachary Robert Walton, Abbey Rose Williams, Luke Michael Williams, Arthur John Wormuth, Nicole Wormuth and Susan Elizabeth Wormuth.

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Valedictorian Morgan Sedorovitz

Parents’ names: Edward and Johna Sedorovitz

Activities: lettered in basketball and softball, captain of the girls basketball team, Math Honor Society, member and treasurer of the National Honor Society, student council, Future Business Leaders of America, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, recipient of the Math Award, recipient of the United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award, recipient of the United Army Scholar/Athlete Award, NEIU/WUSR radio for the University of Scranton Scholar of the Year, recipient of the District 2 PIAA Scholar/Athlete Plaque, recipient of the Shippensburg Board of Governors’ four-year full-tuition scholarship, recipient of the Shippensburg University Scholarship for Educational Achievement in the amount of $15,000, recipient of the James F. Swift Scholarship in the amount of $12,000 and recipient of the Mayfield American Legion Award.

Future Plans: Shippensburg University, study

biotechnology

Salutatorian Jacqueline Amanda “Mandy” Jadick

Parents’ names: David and Lisa Jadick

Activities: lettered in girls varsity track and field and basketball, captain of girls varsity track and field, captain of the basketball team, Math Honor Society, National Honor Society, Scholastic Bowl, yearbook, student council and SADD, recipient of the Spanish Award, recipient of the United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award, recipient of the Joseph (Firp) and Charlie Pacino Scholarship fund in the amount of $1,000 and recipient of a Keystone Full Academic Scholarship in the amount of $84,000

Future Plans: Keystone College, major in pre-med

SCRANTON —­ One man bashed another in the head with a nightstick multiple times Monday night, knocking him unconscious before police intervened.

Police charged Daniel Shedlock, 47, 1527 Mulberry St., Scranton, with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.

A witness told police the men “exchanged words” in the 1500 block of Mulberry Street just before 9 p.m. when Mr. Shedlock ran into his house to retrieve the 2-foot-long wooden stick, according to the police report. Daniel Brown, hit in the lower back of his head two or three times, regained consciousness in the ambulance but was transported to Geisinger Community Medical Center for a CAT scan and X-rays.

Mr. Shedlock is free on $10,000 bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.

— PETER CAMERON

SCRANTON — Police arrested a 37-year-old woman for hiding stolen merchandise from Boscov’s in a baby stroller Monday afternoon.

Iris Leger of Scranton was charged with retail theft after she was captured on the department store’s video cameras stealing various apparel worth $276.92.

Bail for Ms. Leger was set at $5,000. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.

SCRANTON — A Tobyhanna man pulled over for littering in the city Tuesday had 190 bags of heroin in his pants, Scranton police said.

Rashawn Edwards, 34, 1548 Blackbirch Way, nervously told police he was in town to eat hotdogs with a friend. He had an active warrant out of the Lackawanna County Sheriff’s Office for violating a court order and was patted down.

Police found the drugs wrapped in magazine paper and stuffed in plastic bag down his pants. They also found $148 and an iPhone.

He was charged with several drug crimes and remanded to Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.

— JOSEPH KOHUT

SCRANTON — A city man accused of stabbing his 17-year-old stepson waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday and bound charges of attempted homicide to a higher court.

Garfield Patrico Alexander, 41, was charged after attacking the teenager on June 11. The teen tried to break up a fight between Mr. Alexander and the boy’s mother.

He fled the scene in a rental car after the attack and was arrested later that day in Forty Fort.

He is charged with aggravated assault, attempted homicide and related counts. He remains in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.

A formal arraignment is set for Aug. 1.

— JOSEPH KOHUT