State police at Fern Ridge
State police at the Fern Ridge barracks reported the following incidents:
• A 50-year-old Albrightsville man reported a theft by disposition of funds incident at 9:32 a.m. Sept. 25.
The resident of Kickapoo Trail, Penn Forest Township, told police on July 17 he was researching shipping containers on sale online when he found a site and added a shipping container to his cart. He said the site indicated the only payment option was a direct bank transfer and stated after placing the order he would receive a detailed invoice in his email with Bank Wire/ACH instructions. The site informed the man once a deposit is received and confirmed his order would be processed.
Police said a representative for the website gave him information to transfer $2,409 for the shipping contained via Zelle to an “Eduardo Hernandez.” The victim said the transaction was completed and the transfer was to a Wells Fargo account., He said he after he sent the money, the suspect blocked his phone number and he never received the shipping container he thought he was paying for.
• Two Albrightsville girls, ages 14 and 15, were cited for disorderly conduct after they engaged in a fight with each other after they exited a school bus at 3 p.m. Sept. 28 in the area of Mountain and Twin Lake roads, Penn Forest Township.
Police said the bus stop was on Jim Thorpe Area School District property and school staff requested the girls be cited.
• A 37-year-old resident of Delaware Drive, Penn Forest Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, reported a theft to police at 11:54 a.m. Oct. 20.
He told police someone removed a dump trailer from his driveway. The trailer is a 2022 light green Bwise model.
• Richard Simmons, 70, of Albrightsville, is facing charges of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after police were called to Route 534 in Penn Forest Township at 9:33 p.m. Oct. 15.
Police said a 43-year-old woman from Albrightsville told them Simmons pulled a handgun and pointed it at her during an altercation.
* A 62-year-old Saylorsburg woman was charged with simple assault following an incident at 9:36 a.m. Oct. 9 on Route 115 in Chestnuthill Township.
Police said the victim is an 11-year-old boy from Chestnuthill Township.