{"id":115828,"date":"2026-02-17T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115828\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:23:08","slug":"sentencing-scheduled-in-scranton-officer-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115828\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentencing scheduled in Scranton officer shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 There are new developments on Monday in a case that shook Scranton and left a police officer fighting for his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced on Monday Aiden Deininger, the man who pleaded guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\/news\/crime-courts\/timeline-what-led-to-the-officer-involved-shooting-in-scranton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shooting a Scranton police officer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shooting a Scranton police officer<\/a>, is now scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prosecutors say Deininger fired into a police vehicle in January of 2024, hitting Officer Kyle Gilmartin in the head twice and critically injuring him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/woman-shot-died-police-standoff-152220334.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Woman shot has died after police standoff with suspect;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Woman shot has died after police standoff with suspect <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities explained that Deininger previously pleaded guilty to 28 charges, including three counts of attempted murder of police officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His co-defendant, Jeremiah Cleveland, who also pleaded guilty in the case, is expected face the judge alongside Deininger on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2822news.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to 28\/22 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 There are new developments on Monday in a case that shook Scranton and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55130,55131,55132,201,2296,178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-115828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-aiden-deininger","9":"tag-deininger","10":"tag-kyle-gilmartin","11":"tag-lackawanna-county","12":"tag-police-officer","13":"tag-scranton","14":"tag-scranton-headlines","15":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}