Published February 17. 2024 08:00AM
State police at Fern Ridge report the following:
• Police were called to the Pleasant Valley High School at 2:43 p.m. Jan. 24 for a report of drug possession by a student.
Police said a 15-year-old girl was in possession of two vape pens and a device containing liquid THC.
• Four teenagers sustained minor injuries in a one-vehicle crash at 9:08 p.m. Feb. 5 on Rodenbach Lane in Chestnuthill Township.
Police said all of the victims were taken to the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono, East Stroudsburg.
The crash occurred when a 16-year-old boy from Brodheadsville, driving a Honda Accord, was southbound when the car left the road while negotiating a curve and struck two utility poles. Police said the road was shut down until the pole was replaced.
The car was towed from the scene.
Police said two 17-year-old girls from Saylorsburg and a 16-year-old boy from Brodheadsville were also injured.
The driver was cited for the vehicle having an expired registration, police said.
• Richard W. Furlong, 77, of Port Monmouth, New Jersey, was cited for “control of alarm devices and automatic dialing devices/false alarms” after police were called to a residence on Parkside Avenue, Tobyhanna Township, at 12:35 p.m. Jan. 15.
Police said it was the fourth time in a 12-month period that the alarm system at the residence was falsely activated.