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100+ 'Images Depicting Child Sexual Abuse' Found On Bucks County Man's Computer, Police Say 100+ 'Images Depicting Child Sexual Abuse' Found On Bucks County Man's Computer, Police Say
100+ 'Images Depicting Child Sexual Abuse' Found On Bucks County Man's Computer, Police Say A Langhorne man is charged with possessing child pornography and criminal use of a communications facility, according to Lower Southampton police.  Authorities said Paul Kerr, 78, came under investigation after they received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January.  Police executed a search warrant at Kerr's home and found over 100 offending images on the devices they seized, the department said.  He surrendered to police on Friday, March 22, and was released on $75,000 unsecured bail, court records show. Kerr's preliminary hearing is sch…
Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities
Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities An Atglen man is charged with multiple felonies including corruption of minors after police raided a borough apartment on Wednesday, March 6, authorities say.  Parkesburg police, West Fallowfield police, and Chester County detectives with the Drug and Organized Crime Unit executed multiple search warrants at the Glenbrook Apartment complex, 463 Main St., officials said in a release.  Zaire Wise-McFarlin, 19, was charged with disseminating a photo or film of child sex acts, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, criminal use of a communications faci…
Meth-Dealing Teen Had Help From Dear Ol' Dad, Cops In Bucks County Say Meth-Dealing Teen Had Help From Dear Ol' Dad, Cops In Bucks County Say
Father-Son Duo Jackson Serafin, Mark Serafin Charged: PD A father-son duo in Chalfont is accused of conspiring to sell methamphetamine and cocaine together, according to Warrington police.  Jackson Serafin, 19, and Mark Serafin, 53, are each charged with multiple felonies including possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and criminal use of a communications facility, police wrote in a release.  Authorities said Jackson Serafin sold them meth and cocaine during multiple controlled buys in 2023. Over the months-long investigation, detectives also learned that Mark Serafin "conspired with his son (...) to buy and sell" the…
Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million In PA: DEA Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million In PA: DEA
Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million In PA: DEA Two Philadelphia men and approximately 400,000 doses of drugs were taken off the streets in an undercover operation by the Liberty Mid-Atlantic High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Drug Enforcement Administration–Philadelphia Field Division, Pennsylvania State Police–Drug Law Team, Upper Merion Township Department of Public Safety, and the Montgomery County District Attorney's office according to a joint release on Friday, Jan. 25.  Richard Nunez, 45, and Javier Cornelio Fabian, 43, were arrested on Thursday on "multiple felony charges related to oper…
Child Porn Arrests: 3 Current, Former Reading Residents Charged Child Porn Arrests: 3 Current, Former Reading Residents Charged
Child Porn Arrests: 3 Current, Former Reading Residents Charged Authorities have announced three child porn-related arrests out of Berks County. Between May and September 2022, the Berks County Detective’s Office received three separate referrals from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) involving Child Pornography file sharing utilizing various internet/web applications, Berks County DA John T. Adams said. Each investigation ultimately linked the defendants to the specific internet/web accounts being utilized to file share in child pornography. Search warrants seized at each defendant's home turned up numerous images and video…
Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Spring Township Employee Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Spring Township Employee
Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Spring Township Employee A Spring Township employee is charged with possessing child pornography in Lancaster County, according to state court records.  Kenneth McCardell III, 36, of Lancaster, is also charged with criminal use of a communications facility, judicial filings show.  "The Township has been advised that its employee (...) has been charged with serious criminal offenses by the Manheim Police Department," said Township Manager John Groller in a statement.  McCardell has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation, Groller said.  "Beyond the statement above, the Tow…
Chesco Man Put Tracking Devices On Ex's Car, Authorities Say Chesco Man Put Tracking Devices On Ex's Car, Authorities Say
Chesco Man Put Tracking Devices On Ex's Car, Authorities Say A Chester County man is charged with stalking and related crimes after authorities claim he put several tracking devices on his ex-partner's car.  Keith E. Dewalt, 49, of Spring City, was arrested on Wednesday, June 14, and soon released on $20,000 unsecured bail, said North Coventry Township Police in a release.  Investigators say Dewalt's ex contacted them about possible tracking devices on their car on March 13. Detectives searched the vehicle and found two separate GPS devices attached to the frame, the department said.  Police obtained a warrant for the devices' data an…
Murder Suspect Aided In Philly Jailbreak, Police Believe Murder Suspect Aided In Philly Jailbreak, Police Believe
Murder Suspect Aided In Philly Jailbreak, Police Believe While one of the escaped inmates from Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center remains on the run, police have arrested a second suspected accomplice in connection with the breakout.  Jose Flores-Huerta, 35, was charged with criminal conspiracy and felony escape after city police issued a warrant for his arrest on Friday, May 12, the department said.  Flores-Huerta was being held in the same city jail that he's accused of helping Nasir Grant and Ameen Hurst escape from on May 7, according to police.  State court records show Flores-Huerta is charged with murder in an unrelated case fro…
Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say
Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say A corrections officer was arrested for her alleged sexual relationship with an inmate at a state prison in Delaware County, authorities said. Alyssa N. Pierce, 32, of Philadelphia, on three occasions, had "indecent contact and/or sexual intercourse" with a 27-year-old male inmate at the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pennsylvania State Police said. An investigation into Pierce began in June, and as a result, she was charged with three felony counts of institutional sexual assault, and two felony counts of criminal use of a communications facility. Pierce communic…
PA Man Had More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos, Most Prepubescent Kids: DA PA Man Had More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos, Most Prepubescent Kids: DA
PA Man Had More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos, Most Prepubescent Kids: DA A 40-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. A search of Patrick Fox's Glenside home found 1,202 child pornography photos showing minors engaged in sexual acts or in sexually explicit poses, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Abington Township Police Chief Patrick Molloy The vast majority of the over 1,000 images were of prepubescent children, with approximately 60 depicting children under the age of five, authorities said. An investigation into Fox began in November 2021 as detectives were looking into t…
Berks County Man, 21, Arrested On Child Porn Charges Berks County Man, 21, Arrested On Child Porn Charges
Berks County Man, 21, Arrested On Child Porn Charges A 21-year-old Berks County man was arrested Tuesday, May 24, on child porn charges, authorities said. Kilvio Guzman, of Reading, had uploaded several child porn videos to his Google account in April and May 2021, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. An investigation began on June 24, 2021, when the Berks County Detective’s Office received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (N.C.M.E.C.). The Google account belonged to a man named Kilvio Guzman Figueroa, and the IP address was traced back to a house on the 800 block of 11th Street in Reading, …
PA Man Tried Meeting Undercover Agent Posing As 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex: DA PA Man Tried Meeting Undercover Agent Posing As 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex: DA
PA Man Tried Meeting Undercover Agent Posing As 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex: DA A Montgomery County man was arrested after he tried meeting with an undercover agent acting as a 13-year-old girl for sex, authorities announced. Mark Morris, 56, of King of Prussia, responded to the agent on social media after he posted "Bored... Entertain me," on Nov. 11 at 9:37 a.m.,  Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Conshohocken Borough Police Chief George Metz said. The conversation included talking about meeting in person and the sex acts that he wanted to perform on her, authorities said.  The back-and-forth text conversation continued throughout the…
DA: Pennsylvania Man Busted With 7,000 Child Porn Images, Most Sex Abuse Of Babies, Toddlers DA: Pennsylvania Man Busted With 7,000 Child Porn Images, Most Sex Abuse Of Babies, Toddlers
DA: Pennsylvania Man Busted With 7,000 Child Porn Images, Most Sex Abuse Of Babies, Toddlers A 63-year-old Pennsylvania man was busted with more than 7,000 child porn images -- most of which depicted toddlers and babies being sexually abused, authorities said Tuesday. The Montgomery County Detective Bureau received 25 cybertips from Google routed through the Delaware County ICAC Task Force concerning an account that contained more than 500 images of child sexual assault imagery depicting children in sexual acts and in sexual poses, District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The cybertip provided detectives with the user account information, including the computer IP add…