radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: July 27, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 07/27/26          A 60-YEAR-OLD MONROE COUNTY MAN HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST TO STRANGLING A FAMILY MEMBER DURING A DISPUTE OVER AN ESTATE. LEONARD GEARHART ACCEPTED A PLEA AGREEMENT IN COURT ON FRIDAY, PLEADING DOWN TO 2 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OF STRANGULATION AND SIMPLE ASSAULT. STATE POLICE SAY GEARHART ASSAULTED THE RELATIVE THREE TIMES AT A JACKSON TOWNSHIP HOME IN OCTOBER 2025. HE FACES SENTENCING ON OCTOBER 19TH.          A NEW JERSEY MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN A FATAL WRONG-WAY CRASH THAT KILLED 31-YEAR-OLD DESTINN MCKNIGHT OF EAST STROUDSBURG. A JURY CONVICTED 46-YEAR-OLD VICTOR PETERS OF FIRST-DEGREE AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER FOR DRIVING INTOXICATED ON INTERSTATE 80 AND HITTING MCKNIGHT'S TRUCK HEAD-ON IN FEBRUARY 2025. PETERS FACES SENTENCING ON SEPTEMBER 11.