{"id":148646,"date":"2026-03-26T02:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T02:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:23:12","slug":"crime-rips-through-scranton-as-cognetti-remains-the-missing-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148646\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Rips Through Scranton as Cognetti Remains the Missing Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 25, 2026<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a day ending in \u201cy,\u201d meaning violent crime continues to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrcc.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D42f87a9539429db8a35d6dac5%26id%3D491cb7d5b8%26e%3D2a9705ae19&amp;data=05%7C02%7Crrichardson%40nrcc.org%7C280976f535b049c8b28b08de8a5dbcf4%7Caedd1d67fa1049bea792b853edaad485%7C0%7C0%7C639100332410689444%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iaXlSfzGCA6%2BeSekNIsIxQhZ3jzQCa5GbIG1lfcRi98%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">terrorize<\/a>\u00a0families in Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>At times like this, people look to strong leaders for guidance; unfortunately, Scranton\u2019s part-time Mayor Paige Cognetti is nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/article\/news\/local\/lackawanna-county\/teen-faces-charges-after-armed-robbery-gunfire-in-scranton-pittston-avenue-lackawanna-county\/523-9fca5b3e-07c5-471f-bc09-dfbd83b044be\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headline-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86050\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you having trouble keeping up with all of the bad news about the Cognetti crime wave? Us too. That\u2019s why we decided to put it all in one place:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnrcc.us14.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D42f87a9539429db8a35d6dac5%26id%3D79edace250%26e%3D2a9705ae19&amp;data=05%7C02%7Crrichardson%40nrcc.org%7C280976f535b049c8b28b08de8a5dbcf4%7Caedd1d67fa1049bea792b853edaad485%7C0%7C0%7C639100332410724693%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=h15E3Q10z%2FYAj1kR20wtseWZSYFd6mqWpD%2BWwXcMvEE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">machetecognetti.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cognetti crime wave is ripping Scranton apart, but political opportunist Paige is too busy focusing on her personal vanity run for Congress to care. Cognetti deserves a pink slip, not a promotion.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 NRCC Spokesman Reilly Richardson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 25, 2026 It\u2019s a day ending in \u201cy,\u201d meaning violent crime continues to\u00a0terrorize\u00a0families in Scranton. At times&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-148646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148646","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=148646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}