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Monroe incidents

State police at the Stroudsburg barracks reported on the following:

• Police said the driver of a 2013 Dodge Ram truck is facing charges of “accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property” after police were summoned to a road rage incident at 6:52 p.m. Nov. 12 on Route 33 in Hamilton Township.

They said Dipu Prasad, 42, of Nazareth, was driving a 2020 BMW in the right southbound lane of Route 33 when the truck, which was in the left lane, sideswiped the BMW due to the driver operating the truck in an erratic manner.

Prasad and two passengers, Ishwar Prasad, 70, and Rani Prasad, 63, were all uninjured.

• A Samsung touch screen cellphone valued at $300 was stolen from a vehicle at 10 p.m. Oct. 31, along Hollow Drive in Jackson Township.

Kone Elevators of Queens, New York reported the incident. Someone opened the driver’s side door of the 2021 Toyota van and stole the phone.

• Three people were cited for assault with bodily injury after police received a walk-in report at their barracks of a physical altercation that happened at 1 p.m. Oct. 25 along Strausser Lane in Jackson Township.

A 75-year-old man from Reeders, a 34-year-old man from Stroudsburg and a 58-year-old man from Kunkletown were charged in the incident.

• Jackilyn Bullock, 35, of Schnecksville, is facing hit-and-run charges after an incident at 5:26 p.m. Sept. 24 on Hillside Drive in Smithfield Township. The victim is a 59-year-old man from New York, New York.

Police said they were summoned to a two-vehicle hit-and-run accident and were provided vehicle information on the fleeing vehicle.

A 2009 Ford Fusion and a 2014 BMW were involved in the incident.

• A 27-year-old man from Matamoros is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after a crash at 1:18 a.m. Nov. 12 on Route 33 in Hamilton Township.

Police said he lost control of a 2014 Ford Fiesta, causing it to crash into a concrete barrier on the left shoulder of the road. They described the incident as a “road rage incident.”

Police said the man was transported to the barracks for a chemical breath test.