Merf Radio | radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: May 14, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/14/26          THE DEFENSE HAS BEGUN PRESENTING ITS CASE IN THE MONROE COUNTY TRIAL OF MICHAEL YARD, THE 36-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS INFANT SON IN 2021.          YARD’S WIFE, KRYSTAL JANELLE, TOOK THE STAND, TESTIFYING THAT HER HUSBAND WAS A CARING FATHER WHO WAS "DESPONDENT" FOLLOWING THE CHILD'S DEATH. A MEDICAL EXPERT ALSO TESTIFIED FOR THE DEFENSE, ARGUING THE INFANT’S DEATH WAS LIKELY A CASE OF SIDS RATHER THAN BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.  THE TRIAL CONTINUES TODAY.              A MAN IS BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE FOR ALLEGEDLY FIRING GUNSHOTS DURING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.  BETHLEHEM POLICE SAY 36-YEAR-OLD JAIME PARAMO-ZAMUDIO FIRED A SHOT AT A VEHICLE THAT MERGED BETWEEN HIM AND HIS MOTHER ON JOHNSTON DRIVE WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTEDLY OCCUPIED BY A WOMAN AND CHILD.  AUTHORITIES SAID NOBODY WAS STRUCK BY THE BULLET, BUT THE WOMAN WAS INJURED BY BROKEN GLASS.