PA Bill Number: HB2501
Title: In authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer; and, ...
Description: In authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer; a ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: May 8, 2026
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Wilkes-Barre Stabbing Called Case of Self-Defense :: 08/12/2017
WILKES-BARRE -- A stabbing in Wilkes-Barre is being called a case of self-defense.
Police say Fernando Bracero was under the influence of something when returned home to North Empire Street and turned violent.
Someone who lives there used a knife to fend him off.
Bracero also hit a police officer several times.
It all happened just before 2 a.m. on Friday.
That man from Wilkes-Barre now faces assault and other charges in Luzerne County.
http://wnep.com/2017/08/11/wilkes-barre-stabbing-called-case-of-self-defense/
