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Golf Course Sales Elicit Differing Responses
While the community rejoices over the new owner’s plans to maintain the Country Club of the Poconos in Monroe County, Pa. as a golf course, the potential sale of Groesbeck Golf Course in Lansing, Mich. has stirred significant concern among local residents and golfers. A golf course in Monroe...
Two men arrested after police discovered that three women and a teen were held captive in a shipping container
Two men have been arrested after three women and a teen girl were abducted and held captive in a storage container in Pennsylvania following the witnessing of a shooting, officials say. Davaun Carlon Jackson, 29, of East Stroudsburg and Isaiah Rogers-Keeney, 19, of Middletown were arrested by state troopers at...
Poconos woman must pay back $3.2M, spend more than 3 years in prison for fraud
A Monroe County woman was sentenced to 41 months in prison Wednesday for stealing $3.2 million from her employer, prosecutors said in a news release. Tammy Simpson, 51, of Tobyhanna Township, made electronic fund transfers from accounts at Triad Metals International to pay her personal credit card bills, court records say. She used company funds to pay for a home spa system, a cruise and airline tickets for her family, tickets to the Pennsylvania Ballet, granite countertops, rare books, child care, clothes and entertainment, according to a sentencing memorandum from Assistant U.S. Attorney MaryTeresa Soltis.
Dauphin County man charged after four women kidnapped, held shipping containers in Pennsylvania
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Unsettling new details were released Wednesday evening in a disturbing kidnapping case out of Monroe County that includes a man from the Midstate. Pennsylvania State Police say two men have been arrested and accused of holding four women captive in these shipping containers. 28-year-old Davaun Jackson of East Stroudsburg […]
Middletown man allegedly helped kidnap women held, assaulted inside storage containers
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa (WHP) — A Middletown man is facing charges for his alleged role in the kidnapping of four women who were assaulted and held in storage containers in Monroe County. Isaiah Rogers-Keeney, 19, assisted co-defendant Davaun Jackson in kidnapping the four victims, tying them up, sexually assaulting...
Search for alleged lawn mower theft suspect at Home Depot
STROUD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say they need help identifying a suspect after he allegedly stole two lawnmowers from Home Depot. According to the Stroud Area Regional Police Department, on June 24 around 4:54 p.m., officers were dispatched to Home Depot on Pocono Commons Drive for a reported retail theft. Police say the […]
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Southeast Pa. until early Thursday
On Wednesday at 6:19 p.m. a severe thunderstorm watch was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until Thursday at midnight for Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties. Lightning on the horizon: Expert safety measures for thunderstorms. Lightning strikes the United States approximately...
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