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Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
Two plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Scranton barber's death
Two men accused of road rage that led to the March 2024 death of a barber from West Scranton pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Tuesday. Prosecutors say John Darko, 1330 Fords Pond Road, Glenburn Twp., and Paul Viscomi, 39 Van Sickle St., Scott Twp., were involved in a road-rage incident on Keyser Avenue that resulted in the death of Brian Nardella. Fatal road rage incident The men were charged in May 2024 after an investigation that began when officers responded to a head-on crash the morning of March 27, 2024, along North Keyser Avenue near Stanton Street, according to the criminal complaint. First responders found Nardella unresponsive and trapped in his SUV, which was on its roof in a parking lot at the bottom of an embankment on the northbound side of Keyser Avenue, police said. * John Darko (Submitted) * Paul Viscomi (Submitted) Show Caption 1 of 2 John Darko (Submitted) Expand Darko was lying in the grass on the northbound side of Keyser Avenue with an apparent broken left leg and right arm after he was ejected from his 2006 Chevy Silverado during the crash, according to police. Darko was conscious and alert. Crews extricated Nardella and transported him to Geisinger Community Medical Center, where he died, according to the complaint. Investigators with the Scranton Police Department and state police determined Darko and Viscomi had been jockeying for position at the time of the crash, charges read. Darko first tried to pass Viscomi and Viscomi sped up to block him. Darko hit a curb and then Viscomi's truck. The impact caused Darko to lose control of his truck, spin out, cross the double yellow line into oncoming traffic and strike Nardella's vehicle, court paperwork says. The impact pushed Nardella's Honda Passport backward and over a small embankment, causing it to roll over onto its roof, according to police. Darko's truck spun violently after the impact, ejecting Darko through the passenger window. State police reconstructed the crash, determining Darko was driving at least 61 mph before the collision, and Viscomi accelerated from 20 mph to at least 53 mph to stop Darko from merging. Nardella attempted to maneuver out of the way, and his airbag module showed he was driving at 30 mph when the crash happened, according to the charging documents. The speed limit is 35 mph where the crash occurred, police said. Darko and Viscomi are scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 9.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Police: Old Forge man burglarized Wayne County home, assaulted homeowner
An Old Forge man was charged with attacking a man in his Wayne County home and throwing a vacuum cleaner through a kitchen window. State police Trooper Ryan Joyce charged Curtis A. Strunk, 42, with multiple counts of felony aggravated assault and burglary, and a single count of felony criminal trespassing and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. Troopers and paramedics responded to the Lehigh Twp. home during the early morning hours April 30 for a reported burglary in progress. They arrived to find the victim covered in blood, slipping in and out of consciousness, Joyce wrote in a criminal complaint. Authorities did not identify the victim, who was taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. During a search, Joyce found blood inside and outside the home and items strewn about the kitchen. The victim's daughter's boyfriend, who was in the home at the time, told troopers he was asleep when he heard a bang and came downstairs to find the victim covered in blood with lacerations on his head, according to the complaint. The victim's family members also told police two people exited the residence and threw a vacuum cleaner through the kitchen window. The boyfriend added he saw the front door forced open and two men on the street outside yelling. The victim's son told troopers he found two men, one of them on top of the victim, punching him. The victim grabbed a metal chair to defend himself and eventually got both men out of the house, according to the complaint. He then saw a vacuum come through the kitchen window. In an interview at the hospital, the victim told troopers he awoke to the sound of his dog barking and when he went downstairs, saw two men enter his residence, who then assaulted him, according to the complaint. The victim and his son forced the two men outside and the fighting continued, the complaint said. One of the responding troopers said in the complaint he had seen one of the men involved in the incident, Thomas Hermann, at a Citgo gas station in the township the day before the incident, and video surveillance footage from the store confirmed he was there. The victim later identified Strunk from a Facebook profile picture. Hermann was taken into custody May 1 and placed himself at the scene during an interview with troopers. He told them Tuesday he and Strunk arrived at the home on April 30, with Strunk kicking in the front door and assaulting the victim with a chair. Hermann also told troopers Strunk threw the vacuum cleaner through the window. The victim's relatives informed troopers they believed the incident began earlier at the Ariel View Inn when the victim took the apparel off one of the men involved in the burglary, threw the clothing on the ground and said 'someone should get a black eye.' Joyce also charged Strunk with two counts of simple assault, harassment and criminal mischief. Magisterial District Judge Bonnie Carney arraigned him on the charges Wednesday and set bail at $100,000, which he was unable to post. Strunk was taken to the Wayne County Correctional Facility, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Hamlin man injured in early morning crash
SALEM TWP. — A Hamlin man suffered suspected serious injuries during a crash in Wayne County early Sunday morning, state police at Honesdale said. Anthony Squatrito was traveling north on the Easton Turnpike around 1:40 a.m. when his Acura RDX veered off the road a struck a stone-filled ditch, troopers said. The vehicle rolled over several times and Squatrito was ejected, police said. Squatrito, 52, was transported to Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, troopers said.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Yahoo
Trial begins in North Scranton homicide case
SCRANTON — Jury selection concluded Monday afternoon on the first day of the homicide trial of a Scranton man prosecutors say walked into a convenience store on North Main Avenue and shot a man in the head on March 7, 2024. Shelton Miles, 65, of 401 W. Market St., remains at Lackawanna County Prison without bail. He stands charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, robbery and possession of a prohibited firearm. Police said Miles, wearing a garbage bag, shot Jose Miguel Tatis-Camilo, who was chatting with the store clerk and buying snack foods for his pregnant girlfriend. Miles then went behind the counter and shot the store clerk in the leg before filling his pockets with cash and fleeing the store, law enforcement officials said. A slew of law enforcement officers rushed to the Sunoco Convenient Mart and found Tatis-Camilo in a puddle of blood in front of the cash register and Gopi Soni, the cashier, with a gunshot wound to her thigh. Both were rushed to Geisinger Community Medical Center. Tatis-Camilo died two days later. Soni recovered. That night, police canvassed the area in an effort to locate Miles and found him in a black Mercedes in a parking lot near West Market Street and Brick Avenue. Miles was arrested as he exited his car. Police identified Miles from surveillance camera footage from the convenience store, in spite of his attempt to hide his identity by wearing the garbage bag. Later at the police station, Miles allegedly viewed a photo of himself during the robbery at Sunoco and said, 'You showed me my picture. What did I rob?' The case is before Lackawanna County Judge Terrence Nealon and opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday, according to Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher. Disturbing video shown at prelim At Miles' July preliminary hearing, prosecutors showed disturbing video that appeared to depict Miles shooting Tatis-Camilo in the head and then stepping over his body to get to the cash register. Miles didn't attend the preliminary hearing, although he was repeatedly informed he had a right to be there, District Judge Kipp Adcock said during that proceeding. During that July hearing, Detective Francis McLane narrated surveillance video of the bloody scene which ultimately left Tatis-Camilo dead and had Soni injured and fearing for her life. During his cross-examination of McLane, Miles' attorney, Matthew Comerford, asked him if Miles had been psychiatrically evaluated after he was arrested. McLane said he had not. Miles appeared at Monday's court proceedings.
