Published February 27. 2026 02:52PM
State police at the Fern Ridge barracks reported the following incidents:
• A 46-year-old Saylorsburg man is facing charges of driving under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance after police made a traffic stop at 12:07 a.m. Feb. 17.
He was stopped in a 2011 GMC Sierra for Motor Vehicle Code violations in the 3000 block of Route 115, Chestnuthill Township.
• James Dean, 23, of Schnecksville, is facing drug possession charges after police made a traffic stop at 12:58 a.m. Feb. 2.
Police said he was a passenger in a 2010 Hyundai Elantra they stopped in the 200 block of Learn Road, Pocono Township, and was arrested without incident.
• Police responded to a harassment by physical contact report that involved a 16-year-old girl from Albrightsville but said the Carbon County District Attorney’s Office declined prosecution of her stepsister, who allegedly was the perpetrator.
Police said they were called at 11:17 a.m. Jan. 16 to a property on Lenape Trail, Penn Forest Township, where the victim reported her stepsister had made unwanted physical contact with her.
Police said a representative of the district attorney’s office ruled that no crime was substantiated.