WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY- The Luzerne County Sheriff's Department has begun a program to try and help victims of crime. The department is joining a national program called "911 Cell Phone Bank.? It's designed to help former victims of crime who didn't have Cell Phones to call for help.
Federal regulators issued an emergency order Thursday banning use of cell phones and other electronic devices by rail workers, a day after investigators said a commuter-train engineer was text messaging moments before a deadly crash last month.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A cell-phone sniffing dog will help combat the problem of phones being smuggled into state prisons. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger says Razor the dog is trained to smell Cell Phones and will report to duty in mid-November.