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Suspect Named In Deadly Shooting At Poconos Bar: State Police Suspect Named In Deadly Shooting At Poconos Bar: State Police
Suspect Named In Deadly Shooting At Poconos Bar: State Police Troopers have issued an arrest warrant in a Monroe County homicide.   Matthew "Stax" Morales is sought in connection with a deadly shooting at the My Place Bar and Grill in Middle Smithfield, according to state police.  Authorities were called to the 5138 Milford Road bar just before 11 p.m. on Friday, May 24. They arrived to find a man with a gunshot wound to the chest, troopers said.  The victim was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead.  Police said surveillance footage shows Morales pull a small semi-automatic pistol from his waistband just b…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Lottery Player Wins $1,000 A Week For Life In Poconos PA Lottery Player Wins $1,000 A Week For Life In Poconos
PA Lottery Player Wins $1,000 A Week For Life In Poconos A Pennsylvania Lottery player in the Poconos will receive $1,000 every week for the rest of their life.  The lucky winner matched all five white balls pulled in the Sunday, Sept. 24 drawing of the Cash4Life game, state gaming officials announced.  They can opt to receive the $52,000 annuity or a $1 million lump sum, minus applicable taxes.  The M & S Tobacco Outlet at 3236 Route 940 in Mount Pocono will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket, officials added.  The winner will not be identified until they step forward to claim their priz…

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by Mac Bullock
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Questions Linger In Birthday Bash Turned Bludgeoning Of 21-Year-Old PA Man Questions Linger In Birthday Bash Turned Bludgeoning Of 21-Year-Old PA Man
Questions Linger In Birthday Bash Turned Bludgeoning Of 21-Year-Old PA Man Decades after David Allen Gross was found beaten and strangled to death in the trunk of his own car, state police investigators are still seeking answers.  The Mount Pocono resident had celebrated his 21st birthday just days before Upper Mount Bethel police found his locked Chevrolet Monza at the Delaware Water Gap's Arrow Island Overlook off Route 611, according to troopers.  In an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, authorities said Gross was found in the back, under a tarp in a pool of blood just after 1 a.m. on Aug. 11, 1977.  He had been strangled and …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Machete-Wielding Driver Arrested In Poconos: Report Machete-Wielding Driver Arrested In Poconos: Report
Machete-Wielding Driver Arrested In Poconos: Report A furious driver in Monroe County leapt from his car, brandished a machete, and threatened to kill people along Route 940 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, according to a report by WFMZ.  Pocono Mountain Regional police were called to the Mcdonald's in Mount Pocono at around 10 a.m. where two drivers had reportedly gotten into a verbal argument.  Witnesses told police that one of the men produced a machete and vowed to use it before hopping in his car and fleeing the scene, the outlet added. No injuries were reported.  The suspect, later identified by police as 31-year-old Matthew Eannuz…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bryan Kohberger Headed To Idaho Bryan Kohberger Headed To Idaho
Bryan Kohberger Headed To Idaho Suspected Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger waived his extradition at a hearing in Monroe County on Tuesday, Jan. 3, a move that will speed up his transfer to authorities in the Gem State, Pennsylvania State Police said. The 28-year-old Washington State University criminology doctoral candidate was arrested in Mount Pocono on Friday, Dec. 30, and charged with quadruple murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13. Kohberger remained in the Monroe County lockup until his hearing Tuesday.  During a press conference that followed, Pennsylvania State Police Maj. C…

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by Mac Bullock
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'I'll Cut You': PA Inmate Details Kohberger's Alleged Threats Toward Jail Guards In Report 'I'll Cut You': PA Inmate Details Kohberger's Alleged Threats Toward Jail Guards In Report
'I'll Cut You': PA Inmate Details Kohberger's Alleged Threats Toward Jail Guards In Report While awaiting extradition in a Monroe County jail cell, accused Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger has threatened to "cut up" guards and tried exposing himself to other inmates, claims a report by the Daily Mail.  The 28-year-old Washington State University criminology doctoral candidate was arrested in Mount Pocono on Friday, Dec. 30, and charged with quadruple murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13. Valerie Cipollina, a New York woman being held in the same Monroe County lockup for assault, said she heard Kohberger threatening correctional staff and …

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by Mac Bullock
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Suspected Idaho Killer Bryan Kohberger Has Deep Ties To Pennsylvania Suspected Idaho Killer Bryan Kohberger Has Deep Ties To Pennsylvania
Suspected Idaho Killer Bryan Kohberger Has Deep Ties To Pennsylvania "How did you leave the scene? Did you struggle with or fight the victim?" Those were two questions that suspected University of Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger posted to Reddit in a since-deleted thread, apparently while working toward his Master of Arts in criminal justice from DeSales University in Lehigh County. Kohberger, who went on to study criminology at Washington State University's Pullman campus, according to a another  deleted webpage, was arrested in the Pocono Mountains early Friday, Dec. 30 in connection with the deaths of the four students. But before he made national headline…

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by Mac Bullock
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Pennsylvania Predator Extorts NJ Child Into Sending $13,000, Self-Made Porn Pics, Feds Charge Pennsylvania Predator Extorts NJ Child Into Sending $13,000, Self-Made Porn Pics, Feds Charge
Pennsylvania Predator Extorts NJ Child Into Sending $13,000, Self-Made Porn Pics, Feds Charge An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man extorted nearly $13,000 from a New Jersey juvenile in exchange for not posting sexually explicit images that he'd convinced the victim to send him, federal authorities charged. Diego Ramos, 19, of Blakeslee, PA used multiple Instagram accounts and other social media and messaging platforms to successfully coerce the Perth Amboy minor into send him sexually explicit images and videos beginning late this past May, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He'd already gotten the victim to pay $12,982 to stop him from publicly releasing those images when he "threa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Wawa Days Away From Opening Pocono Store: Report Wawa Days Away From Opening Pocono Store: Report
Wawa Days Away From Opening Pocono Store: Report Wawa is nearing the opening of a Monroe County store, WFMZ reports. The popular convenience store and gas station chain is set to open Thursday, Nov. 3 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and T-shirt giveaway to the first 100 customers beginning at 8 a.m., the outlet says. Wawa will be located at 3190 Route 940 in Mount Pocono. Click here for more from WFMZ.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Chase Of PA Man Sought On Felony Drug Charges Ends With Crash Into 2 Police Cars: Report Chase Of PA Man Sought On Felony Drug Charges Ends With Crash Into 2 Police Cars: Report
Chase Of PA Man Sought On Felony Drug Charges Ends With Crash Into 2 Police Cars: Report The high-speed chase of a PA man wanted on numerous felony drug and assault charges ended when he crashed into two police cars, one of them a state police cruiser, LehighValleyLive reports. Monroe County resident Darius Scott, 44, was taken into custody following the Wednesday, June 15 chase through several townships and charged with several counts of felony drug possession with intent to deliver, felony aggravated assault, and conspiracy, the report says citing court and police records. Scott sped away from officers who tried to stop him in Mount Pocono before crossing over dividers, parki…

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by Valerie Musson