Anthony Kistle charged with criminal homicide in wife Karen's 2024 death. His cousin, Trooper Jeffrey Kistle Jr., was stationed at the Blooming Grove barracks that handled the case. Jeffrey's wife, Lt. Lori Kistle, is listed on LinkedIn as the barracks commander. PSP hasn't said when she took command or whether the conflict was disclosed.
Anthony Kistle, charged in his wife's 2024 Pike County death, is the first cousin of a Pennsylvania state trooper in the same region. What the record shows.
Pike County sheriff's sales were moved to online auction platforms Bid4Assets and RealForeclose without a commissioners' vote, competitive bid, or public record. Sheriff Brian Vennie told commissioners the Real Auctions contract was "put on the agenda." A review of every Pike County commissioners' meeting packet from the transition period shows no mention of it.
Pike County commissioners passed a secret emergency resolution restricting protest zones near the county jail, converted it into a permanent ordinance five days later, then confirmed on the record the emergency never materialized. This is the second in a series.
Inside Hemlock Farms, a 4,500-acre gated community in Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, a private security force tickets residents for speeding, processes citations through the Pike County magisterial court system, and operates with the same legal authority as the Pennsylvania State Police. The residents who pay for this force through their HOA dues have no vote...
Pike County commissioners Matthew Osterberg and Ronald Schmalzle passed Resolution 26-10 in a secret special meeting with no public notice, restricting where residents can protest near the county jail and courthouse. Commissioner Caceres abstained. No outlet covered it.
In Hawley, Pennsylvania, shovels hit dirt on a project with no precedent anywhere in the country. For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation broke ground on Pete’s Dream, a 34,000-square-foot campus on 32 acres adjacent to Woodloch Resort that will become the nation’s first facility built from the ground up specifically to give cancer patients and...
A Pike County high school grad with hidden Israeli ties stages an anti-Muslim protest in NYC. Two Bucks County teens throw bombs and claim ISIS. The bombs don't go off. The story doesn't add up. Pocono Review investigates.
Gustave Debree IV of Lakeville faces nine felony charges including six firearms counts after a joint Pike-Wayne investigation seized 12 ounces of cocaine and six guns. Co-defendant Ryan Cartwright of Hawley, charged with meth trafficking, has had his bail increased to $175,000. Both cases are progressing through Pike County courts.
Paul Stanley Christopher, 60, of Honesdale faces three first-degree felony human trafficking charges after Pike County detectives say he paid $150 to have sexual contact with a teenager who was actually an undercover officer. His preliminary hearing is May 5, 2026.