Interstate 476 crosses the eastern portion of Plains Township between the Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley interchanges with 115 and 315, respectively. Plains Township's numbered routes include Interstate 81, Route 115, Route 309, and Route 315. Its villages include Hudson, Llewellyn Corners (also in Bear Creek Township,) Midvale, Plains, Plainsville, and Westminster. It extends from the Susquehanna River in the northwest to the north slope of Wyoming Mountain in the southeast. It is also the birthplace of Chicago White Sox hall of famer Ed Walsh.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 13.6 square miles (35.1 km²), of which, 13.3 square miles (34.4 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (2.14%) is water. Plains Township is the location of Pennsylvania's first casino, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The population was 10,906 at the 2000 census. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.Plains Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the greater metropolitan area of the city of Wilkes-Barre. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense the history and characteristics of the defendant and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant's educational, vocational and medical needs.
The combined maximum penalty under federal law for these offenses is life imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.Ī sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Indictments and Criminal Informations are only allegations. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department and the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office. The superseding indictment added the charge of use of fire to commit a felony and an additional count of interstate communication. The indictment alleged that between Maand March 6, 2017, Finn used Facebook, Google and his cell phone to engage in a course of conduct, to harass and intimidate two Luzerne County Children and Youth Services employees. On July 11, 2017, Finn was indicted on charges of stalking, interstate communications and malicious damage to federal property by fire. It also alleges that on March 6, 2017, Finn used three Molotov cocktails to firebomb the Luzerne County Children and Youth Services building in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to commit the felony of stalking. Freed, the superseding indictment charges Finn with using his email account to send a Luzerne County caseworker threatening emails between Maand March 5, 2017.
SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment on October 2, 2018, charging Phillip Finn, Jr, age 48, of Plains Township, Pennsylvania, with interstate communications and using fire to commit a felony.Īccording to United States Attorney David J.