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Meet Cara Rogan, a man pretending to be a woman who is on the board of supervisors for Coolbaugh Township in PA. He harassed a lady at a pharmacy who was trying to pick up medicine and became aggressive after being called "sir." This dude is making decisions for the city and our tax dollars pay his salary.

STROUNDSBURG, Pa. - The Monroe County District Attorney is releasing new details about a fatal shooting that occurred last weekend at a rental home in Tunkhannock Township. In a post on social media, DA Mike Mancuso linked the events that took place Sunday, January 12th at a short-term rental home to a Venezuelan street gang known as Trena de Aragua (Train to Aragua.) Mancuso says the victim, 22-year-old Lionardo Hernandez Zarata of Venezuela, booked the house in the 1300 block of Clover Road for a weekend party to celebrate his birthday, going so far as to make a flyer bearing...

More than a dozen cars were broken into, and a 2019 silver Kia Sorento with Virginia license plates was stolen from the nearby Cobbles Elementary School parking lot, where churchgoers parked for the Christmas Eve Mass. Parishioners expressed their disbelief. “I mean, this is typically a safe area from what we understand,” said parishioner Mark Elsaesser. “We’ve been coming here a long time. Never seen anything like this happen, especially on the holidays, Christmas time. My wife and I got married here. We’ve had our daughter baptized here, so we’ve been coming here a very long time, and nothing like...

In case you have not been paying attention – leftist groups around the country have been caught corrupting our elections by dumping tens of thousands of bogus ballot registrations into our voter rolls. This is taking place in state after state. PENNSYLVANIA Lancaster County, Pennsylvania city officials announced eight days ago that they were investigating a massive fraudulent voter registration operation investigation involving thousands of fraudulent voter registrations. At least 2,500 ballot registrations were in question. On Saturday, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania announced that they were also investigating hundreds of fake ballot registrations that were turned in recently by a questionable...

GREECE, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy may face permanent damage after he was stabbed on an RTS bus in Greece. Nahziiryahzihn Ali, 18, is accused of stabbing the teenager during a fight on the bus just before 7 p.m. Wednesday on Long Pond Road near the Mall at Greece Ridge. Police said he started fighting with the victim, then stabbed him in the eye. The victim is facing vision loss and likely will lose his eye completely. Ali has been charged with first-degree assault and is in the Monroe County Jail on $5,000 cash bail. The 15-year-old boy was taken...

Rochester police have arrested the man wanted for the beating death last week of his girlfriend in the Beechwood neighborhood. Police say suspect Walter Balkum had already been arrested for assaulting the woman this spring, and he was wearing an electronic monitor until five days before the killing of Melikah Bruner. Police say a judge removed the monitor at the request of Balkum's lawyer, who argued it impeded Balkum's ability to get a job. The Monroe County judge was Judge Karen Bailey Turner, who was elected to a ten-year term in 2019. Balkum has four prior felony convictions, two for...

Rochester, N.Y. — Teens in two vehicles drove toward a 46-year-old man, prompting him to open fire and shoot one of them Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Investigators said the man approached multiple teens occupying a Kia and Hyundai on Norton Village Lane to "inquire about their presence." The teens left the area in the vehicles, only to circle back and drive at the man, according to police. The man reportedly pulled a legally registered .45-caliber handgun and fired several rounds before the vehicles fled. Police received a call shortly after 3:30 p.m. for a 17-year-old boy shot on South...

An upstate New York district attorney refused to stop for cops when she was caught speeding — and instead drove back her house and called the police chief to complain about the “a–hole” officer who pursued her home, bodycam footage shows. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley admitted that she was driving 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on Monday on Phillips Road in Webster — less than half a mile from her neighborhood, WHAM reported. “Once I realized that the intention of the [police car] was to pull me over, I called the Webster Police Chief to inform...

VIDEOThe biggest mistake a TDS liberal from New York can make is keying a MAGA vehicle in the FREE state of Florida. Just look at what happened to one Richard Brothers of Syracuse, New York who keyed a pickup truck in a supermarket parking lot in the Lower Keys of Florida that had a "Let's Go Brandon!" bumper sticker. Brothers at first ACTED like he didn't know why the very polite officer from the Monroe County Sheriffs Department had approached him. However, after being confronted with surveillance of him doing the dirty deed he quickly confessed. Watch as poor Dick...

At least 2 children are killed 13 people hurt some Serious to Critical When a drunk driver crashesd thru a children's birthday party in Monroe County

Three Florida men were arrested on drug-related charges after they were found sleeping at a storage locker facility. James Richard Greer, 56, his son Hunter James Greer, 29, and Matthew Steven Bostrom, 33, all of Key West, were each charged with trafficking methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, according to deputies. Bostrom was also charged with providing a false name to law enforcement and criminal mischief causing property damage. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Storage Rentals of America property at approximately 10:21 a.m. Saturday regarding a suspicious person sleeping near a rental locker. The...

MONROE COUNTY, FLa.- Two suspected members of the Pagans motorcycle gang were arrested in separate incidents — one for having an outstanding warrant and another for illegal weapon possession. “Anyone who comes to the Florida Keys and commits crimes will be on my radar,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “I am committed to the safety of this community.” • Nicole Marie Fortier, 45, Springhill, Florida, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine (.4 grams), possession of a concealed weapon without a permit (a 9mm pistol), and possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop on U.S. 1 near 17th Court in Marathon....

Suspected Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger spends his days ranting and singing lyrics from violent rap songs inside the Pennsylvania jail where he is being held. And several times the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students tried to expose himself to a female inmate who was held in a cell close to him. Now that inmate, 50-year-old Valerie Cipollina, has revealed exclusively to DailyMail.com how Kohberger taunted guards, saying they were too scared to go in his cell. 'I cut them, I'll cut you,' Kohberger yelled repeatedly, said Cipollina, who was held at the Monroe County Jail for...

Police said they began tracking and surveilling Kohberger around Christmas and stayed on him for four days when they spotted the white Hyundai Elantra they believed was connected to the murders. Investigators said Kohberger drove cross-country in the car to his parents home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. His car was confirmed to be at the Pennsylvania home, and officials worked quickly to obtain a warrant for his arrest, law enforcement sources told CNN. Along with the surprised bar owner, students who attended Washington State University with Kohberger said they were shocked to learn that the quiet man in their classroom was...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A 37-year-old Islamorada man who stole six electric toothbrushes from Walgreens in Marathon was arrested on Monday morning, authorities said. According to authorities, deputies responded to the Walgreens on 53rd Street around 10:40 a.m. where employees and witnesses stated a man walked out of the store with the items without paying. They added he was driving a white Lexus. Deputies later identified the man as Tracy Jay Mofield. Deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the Lexus was located near Mile Marker 57. Mofield sped away, but officers did not pursue him for safety reasons....

A 38-year-old Florida man on a stand-up electric scooter was arrested Wednesday after fleeing from Deputies and then jumping in the water. According to deputies, Jose Junior Vigil, 38, of Ocala, was charged with fleeing and eluding, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Investigators say Vigil crossed U.S. 1 on Stock Island at approximately 2:47 a.m. on a scooter with no lights. Deputies attempted to stop the man as he traveled south toward Key West on the sidewalk. Vigil refused to stop for Deputies and continued to drive to a hotel near the entrance of Key...

SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Summerland Key man was arrested on Tuesday after deputies said he stole his roommate’s bird and left it injured at a bus stop in the Florida Keys. According to a post on the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Justin David “Redbeard” Peters, 40, was accused of stealing the $1,800 bird on June 13. The victim, a 37-year-old woman, told police that she instructed Peters to leave the bird, Piper, alone and that he did not have permission to remove it from its cage and leave the house. The sheriff’s office said a witness...

The USGS has confirmed there was an earthquake in Monroe County today. It registered as a 2.4 W of Luna Pier, Michigan, at 12:49 pm.

KEY LARGO, Fla. - A 19-year-old South Florida woman who fled from law enforcement in the Florida Keys told the deputy who caught up to her that getting arrested was on her "bucket list." Janiya Shaimiracle Douglas, from Homestead, was charged with fleeing and eluding, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said. The deputy spotted the woman's Toyota sedan "speeding and driving recklessly" just before 8 a.m. Thursday morning on Card Sound Road in Key Largo. He turned on his lights and siren but said the driver did not immediately stop.

Rochester, New York, mother and local radio host Shannon Joy filed a federal lawsuit against her school board after she was arrested and charged with trespassing during a meeting last year for supposedly not wearing her mask properly. Joy, joining SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly, said that during the meeting her mask was only pushed down for a moment so she could put a piece of gum in her mouth. That’s when the school board broke for recess, called 911, and directed authorities to arrest her, specifically. She was indeed cuffed, arrested, and charged with “trespassing” — all of which was...