WUZZ Radio | radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: April 21, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 04/21/26          A MONROE COUNTY MAN HAS ADMITTED TO SHOOTING A FORMER TENANT DURING A CONFRONTATION LAST FALL. 60-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH WADAS OF CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP PLED GUILTY LAST FRIDAY TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. STATE POLICE SAY WADAS CONFRONTED THE VICTIM ON HIS PROPERTY ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2025............ STRIKING HIM WITH A WALKING STICK BEFORE SHOOTING HIM IN THE WRIST. WADAS CLAIMED HE ONLY INTENDED TO SCARE THE MAN. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 8TH BEFORE MONROE COUNTY JUDGE JANET JACKSON.          A MAN WANTED IN LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON AND MONROE COUNTIES FOR A LAUNDRYLIST OF CRIMES INCLUDING PRODUCING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER A DRAMATIC ARREST IN BETHLEHEM. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 41-YEAR-OLD NOEL TIRADO WAS FOUND HIDING UNDER BLANKETS ON A CHILD’S BED AT AN ACQUAINTANCE'S HOME EARLIER THIS MONTH.  WHEN ARRESTED, HE WAS ALLEGEDLY WEARING A GUN HOLSTER AND HAD A LOADED 9-MILLIMETER HANDGUN NEARBY.  TIRADO FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES AND IS BEING HELD ON A MILLION DOLLARS CASH BAIL.