radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: June 26, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 06/26/26          A 9-YEAR-OLD MONROE COUNTY BOY HAS DIED AFTER A DROWNING AT A POCONO TOWNSHIP HOTEL.  THE CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP BOY WAS PULLED FROM THE POOL AT THE DAYS INN BY WYNDHAM LAST SATURDAY, AND DIED THREE DAYS LATER AT LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL-CEDAR CREST. THE LEHIGH COUNTY CORONER RULED THE DEATH AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.  A POLICE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING.            RADIO NOVO NEWS REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THE VICTIM WAS A 9-YEAR OLD GIRL.  WE REGRET THE ERROR.          AN MONROE COUNTY MAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE ASSAULTED THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD, THEN FLED ON A BICYCLE AND FOUGHT OFFICERS DURING HIS ARREST. 27-YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER PETRIDES OF EFFORT IS ACCUSED OF CHOKING THE WOMAN AND STEALING HER PHONE AND KEYS. POLICE SAY TWO OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN THE SCUFFLE.  A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS JULY FIRST.