radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: May 13, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/13/26          PROSECUTORS IN THE TRIAL OF 36-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL YARD WRAPPED UP TESTIMONY THIS WEEK IN MONROE COUNTY. MEDICAL EXPERTS TOLD JURORS YARD’S THREE-MONTH-OLD SON SUFFERED BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AND SKULL INJURIES BEFORE HIS 2021 DEATH. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARGUED YARD CONSISTENTLY DENIED HARMING THE CHILD AND POINTED TO DIFFERING OPINIONS AMONG PATHOLOGISTS. JURORS ALSO HEARD FROM PARAMEDICS, INVESTIGATORS AND A NEIGHBOR WHO DESCRIBED FRANTIC EFFORTS TO REVIVE THE INFANT. YARD FACES HOMICIDE AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES.  THE TRIAL CONTINUES THIS WEEK AS THE DEFENSE PREPARES TO ARGUE THAT THE INFANT’S DEATH WAS A TRAGIC CASE OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME.               POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR 25-YEAR-OLD KEVIN MADEA OF KUNKLETOWN, ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING STAFF AT LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL-POCONO IN EAST STROUDSBURG. INVESTIGATORS SAY MADEA BIT A SECURITY GUARD, SCRATCHED A DOCTOR AND THREATENED A NURSE DURING A VIOLENT OUTBURST IN APRIL. HE NOW FACES AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND OTHER CHARGES, AND A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST.