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Registered sexual offender waives hearing on criminal homicide charge

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Post date September 2, 2024
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Kawan Ikee Scarborough shown at a preliminary arraignment in Nanticoke on June 5, 2024. Ed Lewis | Times Leader

WILKES-BARRE — A registered sexual offender charged with fatally beating a woman inside her Nanticoke apartment in 2023 waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday, sending charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault to Luzerne County Court.

Kawan Ikee Scarborough, 39, was charged by the Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre in June 2024, for the beating death of Lastarr Williams, 27, inside an apartment at 203 W. Church St. on May 27, 2023, according to court records.

Scarborough was linked to the beating death by bloody sneakers and clothing seized by investigators from a residence in Scranton, court records say.

Williams was found deceased inside her apartment when her daughter told a neighbor her mother would not wake up.

The child later told investigators and family, court records say, Scarborough struck Williams in the face and chest with a hammer.

Investigators observed a bloody sneaker print, blood spatter throughout the apartment and mail with Scarborough’s name inside the apartment.

Court records say Scarborough was recorded by surveillance cameras jumping over a fence behind the apartment at about 9:58 p.m. on May 26, 2023.

Investigators learned Scarborough was given a ride to an apartment in Scranton where Scarborough was known to frequent. Sneakers and clothing with blood spatter seized from the Scranton apartment matched Williams’ DNA, court records say.

Attorneys James J. Scanlon and Max C. Lubin represent Scarborough.

Assistant district attorneys Carly Levandoski and Brian Coleman are prosecuting.

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Nanticoke girl is this year’s poster child for Valley with a Heart Benefits event

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Post date September 1, 2024
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HS FOOTBALL: Becchetti uses arm, legs to propel Carbondale Area

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Post date August 31, 2024
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Nanticoke rejects proposed solar farm

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Post date August 30, 2024
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Lyft driver charged with molesting unconscious passenger

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Post date August 28, 2024
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A Lyft driver from Hazle Twp. has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a semiconscious man he picked up to give a ride on Tuesday evening, according to state police.

Edwin Valentin Perez, 39, of 1207 Four Seasons Court, is jailed on felony sexual assault charges following the encounter that allegedly took place in the area of 1030 W. Main St. around 5 p.m. Tuesday.

According to state police, Valentin Perez was working as a ride-share driver for Lyft when he picked up the male victim in Nanticoke.

While en route across the West Nanticoke Bridge to Plymouth Twp., Valentin Perez pulled out a small bottle with a black label and a lightning bolt on it, troopers said. The victim reported seeing two cotton balls in the bottle and then feeling like he was going unconscious, according to the complaint.

Troopers described the man as being intoxicated by an “inhalant-type substance.”

With the man incapacitated, Valentin Perez drove him to a dirt road in Plymouth Twp., police said.

Valentin Perez then proceeded to pull down the man’s pants, fondle him and then made the man perform oral sex on him, according to the complaint.

Eventually the victim said he wanted to leave and Valentin Perez then dropped him off at the Family Dollar in Plymouth, troopers said.

The victim reported the incident later Tuesday night, and troopers identified Valentin Perez because he had been involved in a similar incident in May.

In both cases, Valentin Perez was driving a red Toyota RAV-4, license plate LFK-1645, troopers said. Investigators said anyone who thinks they may have been similarly victimized should contact the Troop P Wilkes-Barre Criminal Investigation Unit at 570-822-5515.

Valentin Perez was arrested Wednesday and charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of an unconscious person, sexual assault and false imprisonment.

Magisterial District Judge Kyle Halesey arraigned him on…

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Lyft driver charged with molesting unconscious passenger

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Post date August 27, 2024
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