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Attempted home invasion in Tobyhanna
POCONO TWP (October 16) - Police are looking for four suspects who tried to break into a home on Deerfield Drive last Saturday |
Former marijuana grow house to be auctioned
STROUD TWP (October 16) - Monroe County Drug Task Force is auctioning a home seized after a major drug raid |
Westfall Kmart to close
WESTFALL TWP (October 16) - The Kmart store near Matamoras, is one of some 142 Sears and Kmart stores to be closed in a bankruptcy proceeding |
Dogs found running loose
LACLAWAXEN TWP (October 15) - State Police are looking for public help in locating the owners of two dogs found last Friday night |
Up to five years in prison for DUI with kids in the car
MILFORD (October 15) - Kingston, PA, woman was o9ne of several defendants recently sentenced in Pike County Court |
Up to ten years in prison for DUI, drugs
HONESDALE (October 12) – Ohio man gets the long sentence after two arrests, two weeks apart, in 2016 |
Monroe man sentenced for role in heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy
SCRANTON (October 11) - Anton Woodson, who plead guilty, will spend over five years in prison |
PA AG joins coalition targeting robocalls
HARRISBURG (October 11) - Attorney General Josh Shapiro called on the FCC to create new rules to allow service providers to block more illegal robocalls |
Cellphone in a restroom results in jail time
MILFORD (October 10) - Lords Valley man who took photos of females in a service station restroom, was one of several recently sentenced in Pike County Court |
Attempted carjacking in supermarket parking lot
HAMILTON TWP (October 9) - Tobyhanna man fought off a would-be robber who was later arrested |
Motorcyclist killed in Pike crash
PALMYRA TWP (October 8) - Police identify the Motorcycle driver who died Sunday night after hitting a tree on Route 390 |
Monroe county crash claims two lives
POCONO TWP (October 8) - Both victims were in a pickup truck that collided with a tractor trailer Saturday morning |
Dad gets prison sentence for letting daughter, 11, drive
HONESDALE (October 5) - Sean Hannon, with three prior DUIs, let the girl drive about 10 miles before she crashed |
Funeral director gets long probation for inappropriate photos
STROUDSBURG (October 4) - Angeliegha Stewart, who admitted taking cellphone photos of bodies, gets ten years’ probation and loss of funeral director license |
Cellphone in a restroom results in time in jail
GREENE TWP (October 4) - Police are looking for Gino DePalma, of Lehigh Township, accused of robbing Dutch’s Market last April |
Detectives seek public help in solving courthouse bomb threats
STROUDSBURG (October 3) - Two phone threats in the past two days, three in the past month, have disrupted operations at the Monroe County Courthouse |
Two Monroe County infrastructure projects get state funding
HARRISBURG (October 3) - Over $2 million will be spent to widen a road and rebuild a closed bridge |
Wayne County prostitution ring busted
HONESDALE (October 2) - Eleven arrests made, including an alleged pimp who also faces firearms charges |
Attorney General wants state’s highest court to release report on priest sex abuse
HARRISBURG (September 27) - Josh Shapiro argued the issue before PA Supreme Court to release full grand jury report on child sex abuse |
Deadly fire in Monroe County
CHESTNUTHILL TWP (September 26) - A 53-year-old man was found dead in a Tuesday morning at the home in Effort |
Serial bank robber sentenced to almost 20 years in prison
SCRANTON (September 26) - William Fischer, 46, of Dunmore, robbed 14 banks in northeast Pennsylvania |
Bust in Honesdale nets street drugs worth $40,000
HONESDALE (September 25) - Two arrested, large amount of LSD, pot, other drugs seized |
Police seeking witnesses to Route 209 triple fatal
EAST STROUDSBURG (September 24) - Three died the night of September 16 when two cars heading south crossed into oncoming traffic near Shaffer’s School House Road |
Boyfriend charged after deadly roadside dispute with girlfriend
MOUNT POCONO (September 22) - Couple had stopped along Route 611 when the boyfriend allegedly pushed his girlfriend into the path of traffic |
Detectives nab pair during drug deal
EAST STROUDSBURG (September 21) - Police also seized heroin during the bust in a supermarket parking lot |
Reform proposed to strengthen mandatory reporting of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania
NORRISTOWN (September 20) - State attorney general, legislators, others in law enforcement, hold roundtable discussion |
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