Monroe County incidents
State police at the Stroudsburg barracks reported the following incidents:
• A 39-year-old Hamilton Township man is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after police made a traffic stop at 3:06 a.m. Oct. 16.
He was stopped in a 2012 Lexus for motor vehicle code violations on Route 209, taken into custody and transported to the Monroe County Correctional Facility, Snydersville, for processing.
• Police were called to a death investigation at a property on Girard Avenue, Hamilton Township.
They said an 83-year-old woman from Saylorsburg passed away from natural causes between 7 p.m. Oct. 14 and 7:38 a.m. Oct. 15.
• A 29-year-old woman from Effort is facing drug possession charges.
Police said that at 11:29 a.m. Oct. 7 she was found to be in possession of a controlled substance following a consensual search on Red Fox Road, Smithfield Township. They said a 2024 Honda was involved in the incident.
• A 65-year-old Effort woman is facing charges of driving under the influence of a controlled substance following an incident at 11 a.m. Oct. 7 on Red Fox Road, Smithfield Township.
Police said she was contacted in her 2024 Honda Accord in a parking lot and was taken into custody.
• Police are investigating the theft of construction equipment from a site on Route 209, Hamilton Township.
They said at 11:38 a.m. Oct. 5, a 34-year-old Bangor woman reported a roller and paver she owns for her company were stolen from a lot at 2715 Route 209.
• A 42-year-old man from Covington Township is facing charges of driving under the influence of a controlled substance after police made a traffic stop at 9:40 p.m. Sept. 25.
He was stopped in a 2012 Chevrolet for Title 75 offenses on Route 33 in Hamilton Township.
• Police responded to a Dog Law violation at 5:16 p.m. Sept. 23 at 2170 Smith Road, Hamilton Township.
They said a dog escaped its leash and attacked a neighbor across the road. No other information on the incident was provided by police.
• Police said a 59-year-old man was arrested for providing false information to law enforcement after an incident at 3 p.m. Aug. 25 on Route 33 in Hamilton Township.
They said they were summoned to a reported road rage incident where a firearm was supposedly pulled, but the investigation determined the accusations were not true.
A 40-year-old man was involved in the incident, police said.