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Stroudsburg

State police at Stroudsburg report on the following:

• A 46-year-old woman from Pocono Summit was cited for harassment by physical contact after police were called to a property on Vincent Lane in Ross Township.

A 46-year-old Pocono Summit man reported the woman struck him on the head multiple times with a closed fist between 2:30 a.m. and 4:08 p.m. Nov. 13.

• Tampra Williams, 38, of Union City, New Jersey, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after a traffic stop at 8:57 p.m. Nov. 15 on Interstate 80 eastbound in Hamilton Township.

• An indecent assault report remains under investigation after police responded to Route 209 in Hamilton Township. They said they received information about a possible child abuse incident that occurred several years ago. It happened between April 26, 2020, and April 26, 2021, and reportedly involved an 11-year-old girl from Rehrersburg.

The Monroe County Office of Children and Youth Services in joining police in the investigation.

• Police said a 25-year-old woman from Cresco was charged with failure to comply with Megan’s Law after they conducted a sexual offender reverification check at 6:22 p.m. Oct. 10 at a property on Rimrock Road in Hamilton Township.

• A 60-year-old Saylorsburg man says $2,600.64 was stolen him.

Police were called at 7 a.m. Oct. 13 to a property on Darcy Drive in Chestnuthill Township where the many reported the money was taken from his PayPal account that is linked to his ESSA bank account.

• Two people were charged with harassment by physical contact after police responded to a domestic incident at 9 a.m. Oct. 13 at a property on Paradise Valley Road in Paradise Township.

Charged were a 23-year-old woman from Cresco and a 23-year-old man from Scranton.

• Police are investigating a burglary that was reported at 2:58 p.m. Oct. 10 at a property on Walker Road in Middle Smithfield Township.

A 69-year-old woman from East Stroudsburg reported someone stole a gold bracelet valued at $1,000, medical records, a painting, a toy truck and about $300 in miscellaneous coins from her.

• Police said a warrant was issued for Javon Bell, 30, of East Stroudsburg, who was charged with terroristic threats after police responded to an incident at 3 a.m. Oct. 8 on Route 33 in Hamilton Township.

Police said a 41-year-old woman from East Stroudsburg told them Bell forcibly removed her from her car and choked her. She told police that Bell told her he was going to kill her.

• A 22-year-old Henryville man is facing charges of assault with bodily injury after police were summoned at 6 p.m. Oct. 5 to Route 611 and Trinity Hill Road in Paradise Township.

A 20-year-old woman from Cresco told police the man threw an ashtray at her and struck her in the face with a child safety seat. Police the man was arrested on Oct. 12 in Paradise Township.

• Kaleb A. Coffland, 35, of Brodheadsville, sustained suspected minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash at 6:46 a.m. Nov. 14 on Route 29 in Chestnuthill Township.

• A 45-year-old Mount Pocono man is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after a two-vehicle crash at 7:49 a.m. Oct. 6 on Route 611 in Hamilton Township.

Police said he was taken into custody after the crash involving a 2004 Dodge Dakota and a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan.

• Gary P. Peechatka, 33, of Stroudsburg, is facing charges of driving under the influence after a one-vehicle crash at 10:28 p.m. Sept. 17 at the intersection of Route 209 and Pensyl Creek Road in Hamilton Township. He was uninjured.

Police said he was driving a 2005 Ford Ranger southbound when it traveled off the roadway and struck an embankment on the west shoulder of he road.

Police said the vehicle sustained disabling damages and was towed from the scene.

• Amber M. Snyder, 27, of Easton, is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance after a crash at 11:05 p.m. Aug. 26 on Manor Drive in Hamilton Township.

Police said she and three passengers, two girls, ages 2 and 7, and a boy aged 4, sustained suspected minor injuries in the incident. They were treated by personnel from the Suburban Ambulance Corps but did not require medical transports.

Police said she was driving a 2008 Didge Nitro west on Manor Drive. Police said she drove off the road and hit a tree stump. Police said the vehicle was found by troopers approximately a half-mile east of the crash scene, as the driver attempted to get it back to a friend’s house.

• Vincent Demilta Jr., 49, of Cresco, was charged with failure to give information or render aid after a one-vehicle incident at 9:36 p.m. Oct. 3 on Paradise Valley Road in Paradise Township. Police said they did not know if he was injured in the crash.

They said he was driving a 2003 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck that crashed and ended up on its side, after which time the operator fled the scene. The vehicle was towed from the scene, police said.