Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Wednesday:

• A man pleaded guilty recently to assaulting one woman, agreeing to go through a batterer's intervention. But before a week was up, police say he had already attacked another woman.

• After a man murdered another man in Luzerne County, he drove to Berwick, dumped evidence and went shopping, police say. Read more about it here.

• When a landlord saw the electric bill for hallway lights double in a month, he knew something was wrong. Find out how one tenant allegedly tried to beat the system.

Look for all these stories and more in Thursday's Press Enterprise.