Police Beat

The Pocono Mountain Regional Police aided an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Monroe County District Attorney that led to the indictment of 37 y/o Alkayan Khan of Ozone Park, NY, by a federal grand jury for online enticement and the production and attempted production of visual depictions of minors in sexual acts. According to United States Attorney, Gerard M. Karam, the indictment alleges that between September 27, 2021, and November 25, 2022, Khan used the internet to entice an individual who had not attained the age of 18 years to engage in sexual activity, and further alleges that on four separate occasions between September 28, 2021, and January 20, 2022, Khan coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions...

Khan faces penalties of up to life imprisonment, with a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment of 15 years.

The work is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood - www.usdoj. gov/psc, and about internet safety education, visit www.

usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”

by Seth Isenberg

5-11, 5:25 p.m., a 54 y/o Effort man drove up fast on an accident clean-up by the West End Fire Co. in Sierra View at Cascade Dr. at N. Rocky Mountain Rd. He was stopped by Fire Police, who he began to yell and curse at, before driving off at a high rate of speed. Pennsylvania State Police-Fern Ridge helped identify the man, who faces a disorderly conduct charge.

5-5, 8 a.m., PSP-F was dispatched to a Jackson Twp. home about a 64 y/o woman who had died. PSP’s investigating Trooper determined the death to be of natural causes.

Stealin’

A local company that sells electronics to schools had an invoice to one of those customers hijacked by an unknown operator, who then created a bill for the sold items with payment to a fraudulent account. The customer paid their bill to this account of $68,000. The local company, now out $68K, called PA State Police, 5-18.

Keeping the Rubber Side Down

5-13, 3:21 p.m., a 26 y/o Stroudsburg area motorcyclist lost control of his bike on Route 715 south in Chestnuthill Twp. and slid across the road and hit a curb. The impact separated the bike and its rider. The rider slid into the travel lane, under a northbound truck. He was run over by the truck’s rear double-axle wheels.

The bike careened off a tree and skidded to a halt behind the truck just in front of a car. PSP and West End Fire Co. responded along with

LVEMS. A life flight was called for and cancelled the Monroe County Coroner took control of the body. Murray’s Towing removed the bike. Just before 10 p.m. on 5-8, a 48 y/o Albrightsville driver swerved the Equinox she was driving to avoid deer on Route 534 in Penn Forest Twp. Instead, she drove off the road and hit a utility pole and some boulders. It turned out that she was driving the SUV without permission… and she had a suspended license. PSP arrested her. 5-5, 9:23 a.m., a 27 y/o driver from Nescopeck lost control of his F-350 and ran it off Interstate 80 and into a tree in East Side, White Haven. The truck stopped rubber side up. White Haven Volunteer Fire Co. responded and pried the truck open to get him out. He was taken to a helicopter landing site by White Haven Ambulance, then flown to St. Luke’s trauma care in Bethlehem.

5-4, 3:45 a.m., a 52 y/o Effort driver lost control of his Tundra when driving Sugar Hollow Road and ran it off the road and into a culvert. He was hurt. LVEMS and West End Fire Co. responded. He was taken to St. Luke’s–Bartonsville. PSP sent along a warning regarding safe driving.

PennDOT

Crews are out pothole patching, picking up litter, and crack sealing. Bridge and drainage work crews are now also out, along with some tar and chipping teams. Be alert for these crews…keep them safe.

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