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Stroudsburg Man Sentenced For 2023 Overdose Death: DA Stroudsburg Man Sentenced For 2023 Overdose Death: DA
Stroudsburg Man Sentenced For 2023 Overdose Death: DA A Stroudsburg man will spend up to a decade in prison for an overdose death last year, a Monroe County Court has ruled.  Edwin Burgos, 39, was sentenced to 4 to 10 years plus 12 years probation, said the Monroe County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday.  Prosecutors said Steven Nitschke was found dead from a fentanyl overdose in his Stroud Township apartment on March 18, 2023. Stroud Area Regional Police and Monroe County detectives determined he got the drugs from Burgos, his coworker.  Burgos pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, possession with the intent to…

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by Mac Bullock
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Northeastern PA Woman Missing, Police Say (UPDATED) Northeastern PA Woman Missing, Police Say (UPDATED)
Northeastern PA Woman Missing, Police Say (Updated) Update: The subject of this report has been located safely, SARPD said Wednesday, April 24.  Stroud Area Regional Police are looking for a missing woman.  Lisa Ann DiGiovanni, 49, was last seen in Stroud Township around 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, authorities said.  She is 5 feet and 115 pounds and was last seen wearing a black jacket with white fur trim, blue jeans, and hoop earrings, according to police. She drives a white 2013 Hyundai Elantra sedan with Pennsylvania tag number MGZ-2595.  Anyone with information is being asked to submit a tip online. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Poconos Passenger Killed In Crashed After Police Chase: Troopers Poconos Passenger Killed In Crashed After Police Chase: Troopers
Poconos Passenger Killed In Crashed After Police Chase: Troopers One person is dead after a nearly 20-mile pursuit by state troopers in Monroe County ended in a car crash, authorities say.  Early on Thursday, April 20, state police in Stroud Township pulled over a car for equipment violations and suspected DUI, they said in a release. The driver was soon found to have an active arrest warrant and refused to exit the car when ordered by troopers, police said.  After becoming "combative," authorities claim the driver fled the scene in their car. Troopers gave chase for 19 miles before the car lost control and crashed into a wooded area, according…

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by Mac Bullock