Operation Final Blow Results In 36 Arrests – 17 Search Warrants
36 people have been charged and over $150,000 in cash and other items related to drug trafficking have been seized after 17 search warrants were executed in a tri-state operation called “Operation Final Blow”… a four month long investigation into major narcotics trafficking in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.
Read MoreLife In Prison Without Parole
Yesterday in the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, 35-year-old Lancelot Fortune was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of his aunt and uncle back in 2018 in a crime that prosecutors called brutal beyond compare. Sharon and Richard Fells were stabbed to death in their home in Pocono Township.
Read MorePocono Township Fatality
A Tuesday evening single vehicle crash in Monroe County claimed the life of a 73-year-old woman. Nancy Bocchini of East Stroudsburg died when her car crashed into a tree near Hallet Road and Cherry Lane Road in Pocono Township. Bocchini was the only occupant of the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read More16 Year Old To Be Charged As Adult In Allentown Homicide
A 16-year-old has been arrested after being accused of shooting and killing another teen on Monday in Allentown. 15-year-old Treshawn Tracy was discovered shot to death in a park. His death was ruled a homicide. 16 year old Elijah Patterson is now in the Lehigh County Jail without bail, charged as an adult with criminal […]
Read MoreMt. Airy Casino Resort Hit With Fines Exceeding Quarter Million Dollars
Mount Airy Casino Resort has been hit with $260,825 in fines by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board… most of them penalties for underage gambling. The Gaming Act makes it unlawful for anyone under 21 years of age to enter and remain in any area of a licensed facility where slot machines are operated or the […]
Read MoreBig Pot Bust Follows Traffic Stop In Tobyhanna Township
More than 70 lbs of marijuana was seized in a weekend traffic stop by State Police in Monroe County. Troopers pulled a vehicle over in Tobyhanna Township for some traffic violations and became suspicious. That resulted in a search of the vehicle, which turned up 71.5 lbs of vacuum-sealed pot. So far no names have […]
Read MoreSearch On For Serial Bank Robber
Pocono Township Police now say the suspect from Friday’s robbery of the Keystone Community Bank in Monroe County is the same person who was involved in another robbery on Friday at the FNCB Bank in Plains Township. Investigators now are asking anyone with information to call the Pocono Township Police Department (570)-629-7200.
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Bears Visit Pocono Home
A Pocono Lake homeowner had some surprise visitors recently. A mother bear and two cubs were caught on a Ring Doorbell, and rather than open the door, the man inside the house called the game commission. But before they could respond, the bears just came in and raided the refrigerator… then took off. The homeowner […]
Read MoreCleaning Up The Poconos
Hundreds of volunteers spent Saturday volunteering at a litter cleanup in Monroe County that was being called the “Pick Up the Poconos event. It involved about 30 different locations in Wayne, Pike, Carbon, and Monroe counties, all part of the bi-annual Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau Litter Cleanup Campaign.
Read More3 Shot At Amusement Park
A huge manhunt over the weekend, after 3 people were shot Saturday at a Pennsylvania amusement park. Police say it happened at the Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin. An ongoing search is underway for the shooter, described as a Black man wearing a black Covid-style mask.
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