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Poconos Man, 20, Dies After Motorcycle Crash
A Monroe County man has died a week after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle accident, authorities say.
William M. Hill, 20, of Middle Smithfield Township, was pronounced dead on Sunday, May 14, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a release.
Hill was riding a motorcycle on Milford Road near Airport Road in Smithfield Township around 8:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 when he was involved in a crash with another vehicle, the coroner said.
He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenburg, where he eventually died from multiple blunt force injuries, Buglio wrote. The …
Monroe County Bank Robber Learns His Fate
A New York man convicted of robbing a Monroe County bank last September will spend five years in prison, authorities have announced.
Federal officials say Michael Muse, 44, of Brooklyn, walked into the ESSA Bank on Milford Road in Middle Smithfield Township on Sept. 16, 2021 and stole about $9,000 at gunpoint before fleeing the scene.
The firearm was later determined to be an air pistol, authorities said.
On Thursday, Oct. 27, federal Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Muse to five years imprisonment, officials said in a statement.
Investigators: NJ Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt
UPDATE: A Pennsylvania man claimed he shot and killed a Paterson teen in the Poconos over an alleged $100 debt, authorities said after arresting him and an accused accomplice.
Tyrone Michael Parson, 19, of Stroudsburg lured Jaheem Keith Alston, also 19, into a purported drug deal before pulling out a gun and firing several shots at him on Oct. 16, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Alston's body was later found in a wooded area of Middle Smithfield Township, about 15 minutes west of the Delaware Water Gap, they said.
Parson allegedly told investigators that Alston -- who was graduate…
