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Stroud Area Regional Police

Stroud Woman Missing, Police Say Stroud Woman Missing, Police Say
Stroud Woman Missing, Police Say 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. 
Driver Sought For Hit-Run In East Stroudsburg Parking Lot, Police Say Driver Sought For Hit-Run In East Stroudsburg Parking Lot, Police Say
Driver Sought For Hit-Run In East Stroudsburg Parking Lot, Police Say Stroud Area Regional Police are searching for a suspected hit-and-run driver.  Authorities believe the pictured woman was involved in a hit-and-run in the East Stroudsburg Walmart parking lot on Thursday, April 11.  The crash happened around 2:30 p.m., police said.  Anyone who can identify her is asked to submit a tip to SARPD at the Monroe County CrimeWatch website. 
Missing Stroudsburg Mom Found Dead Off Route 80 Missing Stroudsburg Mom Found Dead Off Route 80
Missing Stroudsburg Mom Found Dead Off Route 80 The human remains discovered in a wooded area off of Interstate 80 in Monroe County last week have been identified as belonging to a missing Stroudsburg woman, authorities have confirmed.  Dana Kristine Smithers, who was last seen nearly a year ago, was found near the Park Avenue/I-80 East on-ramp on Friday, April 28, Stroud Area Regional Police wrote in a release.  Smithers, who was 46, was identified via dental records, authorities said. An autopsy was conducted on Monday, May 1, but an official cause and manner of death are pending further testing, SARPD officers wrote.  In a Facebook …
'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say 'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say
'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say Authorities in Monroe County are investigating after badly decomposed human remains were found off a highway in Stroudsburg on Thursday, April 27.  A Stroudsburg Borough employee made the discovery in a wooded area near the Park Avenue/I-80 East on-ramp at about 11:20 a.m., Stroud Area Regional Police announced in a release.  Officers and detectives were called to the scene, but the remains were so extensively decomposed that investigators could not identify the gender of the victim, according to the release.  The remains have been removed from the woods and turned over…
PA Man Posted Chilling Message On Facebook Days Before Fisherman Found His Body PA Man Posted Chilling Message On Facebook Days Before Fisherman Found His Body
PA Man Posted Chilling Message On Facebook Days Before Fisherman Found His Body "Tomorrow is not promised, so you have to live life and do the things that you want to do." On Sept. 27, that's what Anthony Counterman posted on his Facebook page. Four days earlier he wrote: "You have to make a change in life at some point of time." On Friday, Oct. 7, Counterman was found dead. A fisherman discovered the 26-year-old former Stroudsburg man's body in the water of Pocono Creek near Tanite Road in Stroud Township around 9:15 a.m., Stroud Area Regional police said. His body was recovered about three hours later. An autopsy will be conducted, but…
Fisherman Discovers Dead Body In Pocono Creek: Police Fisherman Discovers Dead Body In Pocono Creek: Police
Fisherman Discovers Dead Body In Pocono Creek: Police A fisherman discovered the body of a man in Pocono Creek on Friday, Oct. 7, authorities said. Anthony Nicholas Counterman, 26, was found in the water near Tanite Road in Stroud Township around 9:15 a.m., Stroud Area Regional police said.  His body was recovered by first responders around 12:15 p.m., they said. An autopsy will be conducted, but his cause and manner of death are undetermined at this time, police said. The man is a Stroudsburg native but was most recently a resident of Greenville, North Carolina, according to authorities. The Pennsylvania State Police, Monroe…
Trooper Fires Gun At Allentown Driver Who Led NJ, PA Police On Wild Pursuit, Authorities Say Trooper Fires Gun At Allentown Driver Who Led NJ, PA Police On Wild Pursuit, Authorities Say
Trooper Fires Gun At Allentown Driver Who Led NJ, PA Police On Wild Pursuit, Authorities Say A Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot at a pickup truck that struck a police vehicle on Route 80 during a Friday night pursuit that began in New Jersey, authorities said. New Jersey State Police began pursuing a silver Dodge Ram driven by Steven R. Wilson, 51, of Allentown, around 8 p.m. on Route 46 and the westbound side of Route 80 through Warren County, Pennsylvania State Police said. Wilson's truck appeared to have been unregistered out of Pennsylvania, and was spotted speeding, performing unsafe lane changes and driving erratically, authorities said. Wilson led New Jersey troopers …