Checking Criminal History in Dunmore
A Dunmore records search works best when each request goes to the office that created the file. Dunmore Police supplies its releasable incident report. MDJ 45-1-06 creates the preliminary court docket. The Unified Judicial System publishes public docket sheets, and the Lackawanna County Clerk of Judicial Records holds Common Pleas files after a case is held for court. The county prison, not the borough, answers current local custody questions.
Collect the full name, Dunmore event date, address, and police incident number if known. An OTN or docket number can link Dunmore records even when a charge description changes. Then follow the record in order.
- Contact Dunmore Police for the incident or police report and confirm the identification needed for release.
- Search UJS under Magisterial District Courts for the complaint, arraignment, bail, and preliminary-hearing result.
- Call MDJ 45-1-06 when a paper copy, current fee, or court detail is not available online.
- Search Common Pleas if the charge was held for court, and call Lackawanna County Prison for present custody.
- Use PATCH for an official Pennsylvania repository response or SP 4-170 to review your own complete state record.
Note: Read the outcome beside every charge because an arrest allegation and the final court disposition can be different.
Dunmore Police Reports Cost $15
Dunmore Police charges $15 for a police report and requires proper identification. The published Dunmore request channel operates on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 402 South Blakely Street. Call 570-343-0851 before visiting when the Dunmore report type, requester status, or proof needed is uncertain. Dispatch is 570-342-9111, while the office fax is 570-342-1555. Those channels apply to records created by Dunmore Police, not every incident anywhere in Lackawanna County.
A precise Dunmore request should name the date, location, parties, and incident number. Ask which part of the Dunmore file is releasable and whether identification must be shown in person. Investigative details, juvenile material, victim information, and protected personal data can remain closed even when a basic report is available. A police narrative also is not a certified statewide criminal-history response.
The official Dunmore Police Department page provides the borough contact and service information used for the report request.
The department screen reinforces that the first local record stop is the agency at South Blakely Street, not a countywide police portal.
Dunmore Police Department Records
Dunmore Police records document calls and incidents handled by borough officers. An incident or arrest report may contain the reported time and place, involved people, property, officer actions, and the asserted basis for enforcement. If custody follows, booking staff add fingerprints, a photograph, intake charges, bail information, and custody details. The later court docket records the complaint, hearings, amended counts, disposition, and sentence.
These Dunmore files should not be treated as duplicates. Some police encounters end with a citation, summons, release, hospital transfer, or juvenile handling and never create a Lackawanna County Prison booking. A booking charge is still an allegation. Prosecutors may amend or withdraw counts before the Dunmore case ends. Compare the event date, police incident number, OTN, and court docket before deciding that separate entries concern the same Dunmore incident.
Dunmore Police Department
402 S. Blakely St.
Dunmore, PA
570-343-0851
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Every Dunmore Records Request Field
A Dunmore police report request and a borough Right-to-Know Law request are different paths. Use the police channel for the standard $15 report. For broader Dunmore borough records, the RTKL form may be sent through the published submission options or delivered to the Borough Building at 400 South Blakely Street. The building phone is 570-343-7611. A focused Dunmore description gives the open-records officer a fair chance to locate the right file.
| Dunmore RTKL field | Input | What to supply |
|---|---|---|
| Agency, AORO, and submission | Text and choices | Office, date, and email, mail, fax, or in-person channel |
| Requester details | Text | Name, optional company, address, and contact information |
| Record description | Narrative | Subject, date range, record type, event place, and parties |
| Access format | Choice | Printed copy, electronic copy, or inspection |
| Certification | Yes or no | Whether a certified copy is requested |
| Fee notice | Amount | The default $100 notice level or another chosen threshold |
The Pennsylvania RTKL generally gives a Dunmore agency five business days for its initial response, though a lawful extension may apply. A denial must state its reason and appeal rights. The law does not override investigative exemptions, juvenile confidentiality, or other protections.
Note: Send a judicial record request to the Dunmore court office, since the borough RTKL officer does not hold court case files.
Dunmore Arrests and Bookings
Dunmore has no verified borough jail, public booking portal, or official inmate roster. Dunmore Police creates the arrest report. If a person is committed from Dunmore, Lackawanna County Prison at 1371 North Washington Avenue in Scranton creates the booking and custody record. Call 570-963-6639 with the person's full legal name and approximate Dunmore booking date. Staff can confirm only information that may lawfully be released.
A recent Dunmore case may first appear under the magisterial district docket rather than Common Pleas. Search Dunmore records by participant name, OTN, or police incident and complaint number. The preliminary docket can show the complaint, arraignment, bail, and hearing outcome. Current Dunmore custody may also be tracked through PA SAVIN or VINELink where the person and system participate. The Pennsylvania DOC locator applies to state-sentenced people and state parolees, not someone held only at the county prison.
For more countywide detail, the Lackawanna County arrest lookup explains the police, court, prison, and PSP chain without presenting arrest as proof of guilt.
Dunmore Arrest Search Without a Roster
The lack of a public Dunmore roster makes a clear fallback sequence essential. First confirm the originating agency. Dunmore Police records cover its officers, while PSP Troop R in Dunmore holds PSP-created reports for its coverage area. Next search UJS for a Dunmore court filing. Then call the county prison for present custody. If releasable booking material is not available by phone, submit a narrow county request that identifies the Dunmore event and component sought.
Do not infer a jail admission from every Dunmore arrest report. Intake can include identity checks, property inventory, fingerprints, a photograph, medical and safety screening, charge entry, holds, bail, and custody classification, but some Dunmore police actions end before county booking. No official Lackawanna County mugshot gallery was located, and a booking photograph's existence does not make it automatically public.
Note: Use the county prison phone for present local custody and the court docket for the filed charge and bail history.
Municipal Court Records in Dunmore
Dunmore does not operate a municipal criminal court. MDJ 45-1-06 is a Pennsylvania magisterial district court located at 2012 West Pine Street, Dunmore, with a published phone number of 570-963-6521. It handles the preliminary court stage for matters within its district. Use the current UJS court finder because district boundaries and assignments control, not a reader's assumption based only on the borough name.
| Court Name | Magisterial District Court 45-1-06, not a Dunmore municipal court |
|---|---|
| Criminal Role | Complaints, preliminary arraignments, bail, and preliminary hearings; summary and many traffic matters may remain at this level |
| Case Lookup | Free public docket search through the Unified Judicial System portal |
| Public Docket Fields | Status, filing date, OTN, complaint number, arresting agency, charges, bail, events, entries, and dispositions |
| Paper Copies | Call MDJ 45-1-06 for availability, current copy charges, and records not usable online |
The public Dunmore docket is an index, not a full scanned file. It may suppress birth details and other protected identifiers. The court office, rather than the Dunmore Borough Building, is the right escalation point for non-online MDJ case documents.
Dunmore Court Records in UJS
The UJS Case Search can be used without an account for public Dunmore docket sheets and calendars. Choose Magisterial District Courts for an early case and Lackawanna County as the location filter. A participant search works best with first name, last name, and county. An exact docket, OTN, or police complaint number reduces confusion between people with similar names.
| Search control | Use for Dunmore records |
|---|---|
| Search Type | Docket number, participant, organization, OTN, or police incident and complaint number |
| Court Type | Magisterial District Courts first; Court of Common Pleas after the case advances |
| County | Select Lackawanna, county code 35 |
| Date Filed | Use an optional range to narrow broad participant searches |
A missing Dunmore result can mean the filing remains at another court level, the name spelling differs, or the county filter is wrong. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, limited-access, pending-expungement, or destroyed matters may be excluded. Call the specific Dunmore court instead of sending a generic borough RTKL request for a judicial file.
Note: A Dunmore name search can fail because the case remains at the MDJ or uses an alias or different spelling.
Where Dunmore Records Go
A Dunmore Police report starts the local paper trail when borough officers handle an event. If charges are filed, the magisterial district court records the complaint, preliminary arraignment, bail, and preliminary hearing. A charge held for court moves to the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania's 45th Judicial District. The Clerk of Judicial Records maintains the Common Pleas file, while courts and criminal-justice agencies report dispositions to the PSP Central Repository.
Record flow: Dunmore Police › MDJ 45-1-06 › Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas › Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository
That flow explains why the same Dunmore event can look different across systems. The Dunmore police file states the initial enforcement facts. Booking shows charges at intake and custody. The Dunmore MDJ docket records the preliminary stage. Common Pleas shows amended counts, pleas, trial events, outcomes, and sentence. PATCH compiles information reported to PSP rather than replacing each source.
Dunmore Cases Move to Common Pleas
When a Dunmore criminal charge is held for court or the preliminary hearing is waived, the transcript moves from the MDJ level to the Clerk in Scranton. A Common Pleas criminal docket uses the CP-35-CR prefix: CP identifies Common Pleas, 35 is Lackawanna County, and CR marks the criminal category. The docket can show the originating MDJ record, OTN, police complaint number, charge grades, attorneys, bail, calendar events, disposition, and sentence.
Compare every Dunmore count rather than relying on the caption. One allegation can be withdrawn while another results in a plea or trial outcome. For a certified Dunmore complaint, information, order, or disposition, contact the Clerk of Judicial Records Criminal Division at the Lackawanna County Courthouse. Give the complete docket and document title, then ask about current page, certification, retrieval, and mailing costs.
The full Lackawanna County criminal court case search covers the Common Pleas file and the route for documents that do not appear in UJS.
Public Access Rules in Dunmore
Pennsylvania law separates Dunmore borough records from judicial case records. The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law applies to borough agency material, subject to exemptions and other laws. Court dockets and case files follow statewide judiciary policies. Criminal-history dissemination and correction are governed by the Criminal History Record Information Act. The best request route therefore depends on whether Dunmore Police, the borough, an MDJ, the Clerk, the prison, or PSP holds the file.
Key Pennsylvania authorities:
Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. §67.305 presumes agency records public unless an exemption, privilege, or other law applies.
65 P.S. §§67.901 and 67.708(b)(16) set the usual initial response period and protect qualifying investigative information.
18 Pa.C.S. Chapter 91 defines criminal-history information and controls its dissemination and correction.
Pennsylvania judiciary public-record policies govern court case access and the treatment of protected personal data.
A public docket does not prove that every listed charge ended in conviction. Read each disposition and seek a certified copy when the result matters. RTKL also does not open juvenile files, sealed records, victim identifiers, or material protected by an investigative exemption.
Dunmore Crime Records and Local Context
Dunmore is legally a borough, not a city, yet its 2024 Census estimate of 14,249 makes it Lackawanna County's second-largest incorporated municipality. It adjoins Scranton and sits where Interstate 81, Interstate 380, and Interstate 84 meet. That geography does not merge record custodians. Dunmore Police, PSP, neighboring departments, the county prison, and the courts each retain the files they create.
The Census municipality comparison places Dunmore beside Scranton and Carbondale using official population data.
The comparison explains why Dunmore belongs in the county's top-three record guides while retaining borough government and its own police channel.
Dunmore was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862. Its official history ties growth to coal, brick, stone, and silk, with population reaching 23,086 by 1940. Current crime totals should come from Pennsylvania UCR by selecting Dunmore Police or the Dunmore municipality, then preserving the incident dates, agency, report date, and generation date. Reporting participation and accuracy depend on contributing agencies, so totals from a neighbor should never be blended into a Dunmore snapshot.