Police Beat

7-25, PA State Police from Fern Ridge and Hazleton, and multiple fire companies were dispatched to the site of a Bradstreet Circle home that had exploded at about 9:20 a.m. Investigation by the Troop N Fire Marshal found it was a propane related explosion, and nothing suspicious was determined. No one was home at the time there were no injuries.

7-24, Troopers interviewed a 15 y/o girl who was the subject of a Child Line report about abuse. The report was that of threats of beatings, withholding food, and clothes. The victim admitted to police that

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she falsified the report to minimize the trouble she was in for getting kicked out of summer camp. The file was closed, marked unfounded.

7-10, 8:39 p.m., Pocono Mountain Regional Police were called to a domestic dispute at a Stillwater Estates home. As police were arriving to the development, they saw the suspect drive out. A traffic stop was attempted, but the suspect would not stop. A pursuit throughout Pocono Summit, and Mt. Pocono, led to a vehicle stop in Pocono Township once stop sticks were deployed to puncture his tires. He was then arrested.

PMRPD’s report shows that the 36 y/o man threatened family members with an axe, attempting to strike a few which became a fight from which he fled in his car. Police took him to Lehigh Valley HospitalPocono to be examined for an injury. He was released from the hospital on 7-11 to the Monroe County Jail. He is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and fleeing and eluding police.

A 56 y/o Jim Thorpearea man is charged with shoplifting 11 cigars from a Brodheadsville store (one of the cigars was worth over $90, and another $55) – filed 7-19.

7-18, PSP-F responded to a domestic incident in Albrightsville where a 61 y/o had gotten into an argument with his 81 y/o mother-in-law. When police were on scene, he tried to leave the house and also refused to provide identification. This got him arrested and he then resisted arrest. Charges are filed at the local District Judge’s office.

7-16, PSP investigated the vandalism of the former golf course clubhouse on Stony Mountain Road in Penn Forest Twp. Vandals destroyed a bathroom, metal ductwork, and broke a skylight. Anyone with information is asked to call PSP-F HQ at 570 646-2271.

PSP-F cited two Chestnuthill Twp. businesses for having nine and 12 false alarms at their properties during the past 12 months.

Keeping the Rubber Side down

7-26, 3:30 p.m., an Effort local was driving her car south on Route 715 when she was passed by a car towing a utility trailer, but the end of the trailer hit the left front of her car. The car and trailer drove off, perhaps not knowing of the collision. PSP is seeking to identify the hit-and-run driver. Any witness or anyone with information is asked to call PSP-F HQ at 570 646-2271.

7-22, a Freeland driver on Towamensing Trail in Albrightsville lost control of his ’15 Ford Explorer and crashed into a utility pole about 3 p.m. Lehighton Ambulance transported the 30 y/o to St. Luke’s Carbon Hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in the crash. The Explorer was towed.

7-17, a Jetta on its roof? Just before 7 a.m., the 35 y/o Kunkletown woman driving the Jetta north on Route 715 was distracted by a text, and lost control of the car. It clipped, a utility pole and then rolled over onto its roof in the northbound lane. She was hurt, and she was also DUI. LVH ambulance took her to LVH-Pocono for treatment and a blood draw. A ticket for the crash, and for the suspected DUI, went with her – PSP-F. PSP also reports a handful of DUIs.

PennDOT

Paving and patching crews are out on Routes 940 and 534 these weeks. Look for bridge repair crews on Interstate 80 where traffic may be reduced to one lane.

PennDOT is beginning job fairs to recruit plow drivers and winter staff, but also to find good yearround people.