radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: June 16, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/16/26          A NEW JERSEY MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO INDECENT ASSAULT IN MONROE COUNTY. PROSECUTORS SAY 24-YEAR-OLD JEREMY VERA ADMITTED TO HAVING SEX WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AT A DECEMBER 2024 PARTY IN MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP. MORE SERIOUS CHARGES, INCLUDING RAPE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM, WERE DROPPED AS PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT. VERA IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED SEPTEMBER 9TH.          A CARBON COUNTY MAN WHO WORKS FOR THE PANTHER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN AN ONLINE CHILD PREDATOR STING.           W-F-M-Z TV REPORTS THE VOLUNTEER GROUP 814PREDHUNTERS CONFRONTED THE CAFETERIA AND AFTER-SCHOOL WORKER AT A GAS STATION IN LANSFORD THIS PAST SATURDAY, AFTER A THREE-MONTH INVESTIGATION.           LANSFORD POLICE HAVE SUBPOENAED THE SUSPECT'S CELL PHONE, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS HAVE REMOVED HIM FROM ALL DUTIES INVOLVING CHILDREN.