Three Local Men Charged in Main Street Stabbing

Police need your help identifying a fourth man after a stabbing on Main Street in downtown Stroudsburg Wednesday night (Sept. 23). Three local men, from Tannersville, Tobyhanna, and East Stroudsburg, are already charged.

Stroud Area Regional Police were called to the 600 block of Main Street around 10 p.m. for a fight involving several people, with early reports that at least one of them had a knife. Officers found Jonatan Regalado Gonzalez, 40, of East Stroudsburg, bleeding heavily from multiple knife wounds to his left arm and back. He was taken to a hospital, and FOX56 reports he was treated and released.

According to police, surveillance video shows Gonzalez and Christopher Cucinello, 36, of Tobyhanna, trading punches on the sidewalk and throwing outdoor chairs. When a woman tried to break it up, Gonzalez struck her in the face. That's when Brendan Wells, 32, of Tannersville, walked up, pulled a knife from his pocket, and stabbed Gonzalez in the back. The fight kept going after that, with Cucinello and a fourth man fighting Gonzalez.

Officers stopped Wells and Cucinello near Main and North 6th streets. Police say Wells was carrying an orange spring-assisted knife, suspected methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia.

Wells is charged with attempted criminal homicide and related offenses. Cucinello and Gonzalez are each charged with simple assault and related offenses. All three are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Police are asking for help identifying the fourth man, described as a white male in an all-black T-shirt and dark pants. If you recognize him, submit a tip to Stroud Area Regional Police through the department's CrimeWatch page. You can stay anonymous.

For context, the 600 block sits inside the stretch of Main Street, Fifth to Ninth, that was under Mayor Ellen Currie's 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew after the Aug. 29 street takeover. That curfew ended at 5 a.m. Sept. 4. We'll follow the case.