Old Forge Officer, Former Firefighter Arrested
State Police have now made two arrests connected to a sexual abuse case in Lackawanna County, first a police captain from Old Forge and now a former firefighter in the borough. Both are accused of...
View ArticleJudge Holds Off Decision On Old Forge Sex Trial
SCRANTON — It seems that two police officers from Lackawanna County facing child sex abuse charges will have to wait even longer to stand trial. Attorneys for the police chief and captain from Old...
View ArticleJudge Grants Separate Trials To Old Forge Accused
SCRANTON — A judge in Lackawanna County has ruled Old Forge Police Chief Larry Semenza and Police Captain Jamie Krenitsky will have separate trials. The judge made his ruling this week. The defendants...
View ArticleOld Forge Captain Accused In Sex Abuse Scandal Resigns
OLD FORGE — An Old Forge police captain accused of sexually abusing a young woman when she was 15 is no longer a member of the police department. The mayor tells Newswatch 16 that Jamie Krenitsky sent...
View ArticleUPDATE: Defendants In Old Forge Scandal Set To Be Sentenced
SCRANTON — A former police chief, police captain, and volunteer firefighter, caught up in a sex scandal are due for sentencing. Three men involved in a small town sex scandal in Lackawanna County are...
View ArticleOld Forge Police Captain’s Past
What's happening in Old Forge does not necessarily come as a surprise to some who have closely followed the borough's police department over the past several years. Captain James Krenitsky made...
View ArticleOld Forge Police Captain will go to Trial
SCRANTON -- Suspended Old Forge Police Captain Jamie Krenitsky will head to trial after his lawyers failed to convince a judge to dismiss the charges against him. Krenitsky is one of three public...
View ArticleOld Forge Scandal: Former Officials Sentenced
SCRANTON -- It was sentencing day in the sex abuse scandal that rocked the borough of Old Forge. Three former public servants are behind bars. A former police chief, police captain, and a volunteer...
View ArticleOld Forge, Former Police Chief Win Civil Trial
OLD FORGE -- A five-year saga involving the borough of Old Forge and its police and fire departments came to an end inside a federal courtroom in Scranton. On Tuesday, a jury sided with the borough in...
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