radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: June 18, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/18/26          A NEW YORK MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AN UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN DURING A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN THE POCONOS.          29-YEAR-OLD LUIS RAMIREZ FIGUEROA OF BROOKLYN IS CHARGED WITH RAPE OF AN UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT FOR AN INCIDENT THAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED AT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIM AWOKE AND IDENTIFIED RAMIREZ FIGUEROA, BUT HE DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS AND REMAINS JAILED WITHOUT BAIL PENDING A PRELIMINARY HEARING NEXT WEEK.          A MONROE COUNTY JURY HAS CONVICTED A MAN OF CHARGES STEMMING FROM THE RAPE OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD CHILD AT A MOUNT POCONO CAMPGROUND IN 2021.          DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE MANCUSO SAYS ENRIQUE MERCADO WAS FOUND GUILTY ON MULTIPLE COUNTS AFTER PROSECUTORS SHOWED HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE VICTIM AND THREATENED THE CHILD'S FAMILY.          MERCADO WAS 14 AT THE TIME OF THE CRIME BUT WAS CHARGED AS AN ADULT. HE FACES A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE OF 10 YEARS IN STATE PRISON WHEN HE'S SENTENCED IN AUGUST.