Honesdale man accused of shooting toward White Mills home charged with attempted homicide

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08-02-2025

Pennsylvania State Police in Honesdale announced the arrest Friday, Feb. 7, of a man suspected of firing a gun at a house in White Mills early that morning.
The affidavit states that he had an "ongoing 'beef'" with two men inside, "over girls." No one was injured, police said.
Tyler Allen Pombo, 24, of Honesdale, was charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and related charges.
The affidavit filed by Trooper Michael Collins identifies the victims as Kevin Bednar, 23, from White Mills, and Dene Hayes, 26, from Honesdale.
State police responded at approximately 2:45 a.m. to a residence on Texas Palmyra Highway east of the White Mills Post Office.
The police secured the scene, and at 4 a.m. Collins interviewed both victims. The affidavit states that they visited a few local bars that night. They were at the Twisted Rail Tavern in Honesdale at roughly midnight and were there about an hour. Pombo was already there, with a group of friends.
The two victims said they had "an ongoing 'beef' with [Pombo] over girls," the affidavit states. They said nothing happened at the tavern and they left between 1 and 1:30 a.m. After stopping at Turkey Hill, they headed to Bednar's home. On the way, they stopped outside the Twisted Rail, staying in Hayes' vehicle. After they left, while on Terrace Street, Pombo drove up from behind and blew his horn.
The affidavit further states that the honking prompted Bednar and Hayes to stop, get out and go up to Pombo's vehicle. They said that "words were exchanged, and they observed [Pombo] grab a gun and pointed it in their direction," the affidavit said.
The victims got back in their vehicle and proceeded to Bednar's house in White Mills.
Once in the kitchen, "rounds started hitting the house," the affidavit states. Hayes said that he looked out and saw the taillights of a vehicle leaving westbound on Route 6, towards Honesdale. Although he couldn't identify the vehicle, Hayes said that Pombo was driving a dark red Jeep Cherokee earlier that night.
A state police forensics team discovered three empty 9 mm shell casings in the roadway in front of Bednar's house, two spent bullets inside the house and "multiple holes in the siding, porch, and interior walls," according to the affidavit.
At 5:44 a.m. Collins spoke with Pombo by phone, who agreed to come to the state police barracks. Collins interviewed Pombo at 6:26 a.m., and the affidavit states the defendant also said he had "beef" about girls with the two victims.
As stated in the affidavit, Pombo said he had a confrontation with Bednar and Hayes after leaving the Twisted Rail but was not the aggressor. Pombo's account was that Bednar and Hayes pulled in front of him as he left the parking lot. Pombo said the other vehicle slammed on the brakes, and Bednar and Hayes exited and walked over to Pombo's vehicle, the affidavit says.
Pombo stated that Hayes and Bednar were screaming and spitting on his window, and one of them grabbed the vehicle's door handle, the affidavit says. Feeling threatened, he said, he pulled out his 9 mm Smith & Wesson pistol and pointed it at them, the affidavit says. Bednar and Hayes left and drove off in Hayes' vehicle.
Pombo "confessed to driving to Bednar's residence and shooting at it with his gun," and saw Hayes' vehicle parked there, Collins said in the affidavit.
Pombo was arraigned on all charges and was remanded to the Wayne County Correctional Facility.
Peter Becker has worked at the Tri-County Independent or its predecessor publications since 1994. Reach him at [e-mail] or 570-253-3055 ext. 1588.
This article originally appeared on Tri-County Independent: PSP: Shooter arrested after bullets hit White Mills house early Friday