A $1.1M federal settlement exposed how a Lackawanna County prosecution began — with a call to the accuser's aunt, Wayne County President Judge Janine Edwards.
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Is People’s Playground Project Inflating Donations Made Through NEPA GIVES?
People's Playground Project claimed ~$15,000 raised during NEPA Gives. The public donor list documents $8,343.80 — and the platform they used can inflate a "total raised" figure with match money pledged but not yet paid and a competitive bonus paid out by donor count, not dollars. Pocono Review checked every line.
People’s Playground Project: NEPA GIVES Donor Reference
Pocono Review's annotated reference for its investigation into People's Playground Project's June 2026 NEPA Gives fundraiser. Lists every donor with a documented tie to PPP, the Wayne County Community Foundation, borough or county government, or the families of the project's principals — with sourced connections drawn entirely from the public record.
Rick Geis: “Continue Exposing the Fraud.” Just Not This Story.
Richard "Rick" Geis, a Honesdale Borough appointee, demanded Pocono Review retract its Wayne County Bar Association story — and offered corruption tips if we did. We said no.
Is Kaitlin White’s Lawyer Working for Kaitlin White?
Oressa Campbell, Brendan Ellis, and Judge Matthew Meagher: a defense attorney on the prosecutor's nonprofit board, kept on the case by the prosecutor's former law partner. Commonwealth v. Kaitlin White.
The Vanishing Legal Journal: Wayne County’s Bar Association Deleted 15 Years of Public Records in 19 Minutes
On June 7, 2026, Pocono Review published “Procedural Audit: Commonwealth v. Kaitlin White” and “Commonwealth v. Kaitlin White: How a Plea Gets Manufactured in Wayne County.” They are the most widely read stories this outlet has ever run. Two days later, someone at the Wayne County Bar Association spent 19 minutes deleting 15 years of...
People’s Playground Project Still Hasn’t Registered as a Charity. Still Hasn’t Built the Park. (Still Gaslighting Those Who Dissent.)
A working park doesn’t need a rescue fund. A missing one does. Opinion and Analysis On the People’s Playground Project’s Facebook page, people are still voicing their concerns — Lisa Glover and her supporters are still gaslighting them. “I still stand on my previous comment. It made NO sense to take out the old playground...
Pro Bono Partnerships Inc.: $109,841 in IOLTA Grants Exposed
Pro Bono Partnerships Inc. received $109,841 in IOLTA grants over seven years. Three years of checks went to a private residence in Gouldsboro. Seven years of federal filings disclosed nothing. The grants manager who helped design the program also manages the funding stream that pays for it. Carl and Tobey Oxholm are the same person.
Pro Bono Partnerships: One Filing, Five Names, No Daylight
Brendan Ellis. Oressa Campbell. Carl Oxholm III. Christine Rechner. Five names on one tax filing connecting Pro Bono Partnerships to the WCBA, Wayne County CYS, and the DA's office. PBP's first contract went to "Mike Parley" — a nickname and misspelling for an attorney since convicted in four criminal cases. Then the WCBA deleted the pages that named them.
Wayne County’s Pro Bono Nonprofit Discloses Nothing
Pro Bono Partnerships Inc. has no staff, no office, and seven years of empty federal filings. Treasurer Christine Rechner is also Wayne County CYS Solicitor. Brendan Ellis went from PBP Treasurer to ADA. Joseph Rydzewski was disbarred for stealing $157,000 from clients. Board member Oressa Campbell serves as a Guardian ad Litem. No public record shows how a dollar of IOLTA grant money has been spent.