Weird and wacky things happened in Northeast Pennsylvania in 2024. Here are a few examples: Girl Scout cookie lawsuits Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania filed lawsuits in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties against parents who agreed to have their daughters sell hundreds of boxes of Girl Scout cookies, but never turned in the money. Once a parent signs an agreement form, ordering boxes of cookies to be sold and agreeing to remit the proceeds, the boxes cannot be returned as unsold and the parent is obligated to pay for the cookies, according to the complaints.
A complaint filed against a Wilkes-Barre mother who ordered 452 boxes totaling $1,285, sought that amount plus collection fees incurred of $385.50, for a total of $1,670.50.
Wrong brother released from LCCF Luzerne County Correctional Facility inmate Billy Partington was mistakenly released instead of his half-brother and fellow inmate Drake Partington in January, following a paperwork mixup that led to a case of mistaken identity. Billy Partington did not correct the mistake over his identity, signed his brother’s name and collected his brother’s personal effects, prosecutors alleged. Billy Partington was captured soon after his mistaken release and charged with a felony count of escape.
Peanut butter suit A Plains Twp. man claimed Jif peanut butter contaminated with salmonella sickened him so badly two years ago that he felt the effects weeks later. Wayne Hinkin and his wife, Molly, sued the J.
M. Smucker Co., w.
