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Gap woman sentenced TANNERSVILLE — A Delaware Water Gap woman who stole a pair of sneakers because she said her feet were sore, and subsequently found to be carrying $50 worth of cocaine, pleaded guilty to drug charges Tuesday and was sentenced to 90 days in Monroe County Correctional Facility.
Tammy Lynn Smith, 32, of 234 Cherry Valley Road was caught by Pocono Township police April 20 after stealing a pair of sneakers from the Fila outlet store in the Crossings complex. She said she had no money and her feet were sore, said police.
A subsequent search of Smith turned up a small bag of cocaine which Smith had recently purchased for $50.
Other charges against Smith were dropped Thursday as she agreed to a 90-day jail sentence in Monroe County Correctional Facility.
3 waive rights to DUI hearings
MOUNTAINHOME — The following individuals, arrested by Barrett Township police for DUI, all waived their right to a preliminary hearing in District Justice John D. Whitesell's office Thursday and were released on $1,000 unsecured bail.
? Jonathan W. Battey, 25, Canadensis.
? Michelle Werkheiser, 24, Canadensis.
? Randall S. Mitchell, 38, Mountainhome.
Man gets 90 days
MOUNTAINHOME — A Stroudsburg man pleaded guilty to harassment charges and was sentenced to 90 days in Monroe County Correctional Facility by District Justice John D. Whitesell Thursday.
Michael Kolarik, 25, of 100 Christine Drive, was accused of telling his wife he was going to kill her and his 1-year-old baby, saying he would "snap" his wife's neck and burn down the house she and her baby were in, said Barrett Township police.
Kolarik also said he was going to kill a Steven Camp, who was staying at the home where the wife was, police said.
Woman dies in accident
BLOOMING GROVE — A two car accident on Route 402 claimed the life of a Castleton, N.Y., woman Friday morning.
Patricia Maher, 42, was killed when the car she was a passenger in collided with a Ford Ranger driven by Alvin L. Burkholder, 29, of Bangor.
An investigation into the incident is continuing, state police said.
STROUDSBURG — Charges against Faisal Lodhi, 19, of East Stroudsburg, accused of breaking into Stroudsburg Middle School and stealing a computer, were held for court by District Justice Thomas Shiffer Wednesday.
Lodhi faces charges including criminal conspiracy and corruption of a minor in connection to a burglary at a trailer — a modular classroom — at the Stroudsburg Middle School on Chipperfield Drive, Stroud Township.
Police say an unnamed juvenile accomplice stated that he and Lodhi planed to burglarize a residence but Lodhi, thinking it would be easier to break into the trailer at the middle school, changed his mind.
The juvenile stated that he and Lodhi pulled along side the trailer and parked. The juvenile then retrieved a tire iron from the trunk of Lodhi's car and handed it to him. Lodhi then smashed out the window and entered, covering the smashed frame with a sweatshirt.
The juvenile then waited out side while Lodhi handed him a computer and computer monitor, police said.
Lodhi was released Wednesday on $10,000 bail.