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PA Discord User Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Children: Police PA Discord User Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Children: Police
PA Discord User Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Children: Police A Lancaster City man has been charged with Sexual Abuse of Children due to his activities on the website Discord, police announced on Monday, Oct. 21.  Kenneth Stuart Rader, 60, of the 300 block of Travis Lane was arrested on Friday, Oct. 18.  The charges come following an investigation into a CyberTipline report of child pornography on Discord.  Rader's e-mail address and IP address were found to be connected to the offending Discord user, the police explained.   "Rader confirmed that he was the user of the e-mail address obtained and that he had a Discord accoun…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit
Performing Arts Director At Lehigh School Secretly Recorded Student: Affidavit The former performing arts director at a Lehigh County high school was charged for secretly recording a student while he was in a changing room, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Francis Anonia, 43, of Allentown, was accused of using his cell phone to secretly record a student changing clothes while he was in the Parkland High School auditorium on Monday, Oct. 14, as detailed by the Allentown police in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student, who is now 21 years old, was 18 when the recordings were made in the auditorium's changing rooms in April 2021, a…

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by Merriell Moyer
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Suspected Hersheypark Slasher Arrested, NJ Partner In Crime Wanted: Police Suspected Hersheypark Slasher Arrested, NJ Partner In Crime Wanted: Police
Suspected Hersheypark Slasher Arrested, NJ Partner In Crime Wanted: Police The 63-year-old New York, identified as the suspected Hersheypark Slasher, was arrested — but his Jersey City partner remains at large, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Sept. 27.  Huley Williams of Brooklyn, NY is accused of being the man who committed the "slash and grab" in the Hersheypark parking lot around 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, police said and Daily Voice previously reported.  Williams (pictured above on the right) is accused of being the man (pictured above on the left) who was caught rummaging around in the backseat of a car when th…

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Nudes Sent To Children 'Almost Every Night' For 3 Years: Manheim Twp. PD Nudes Sent To Children 'Almost Every Night' For 3 Years: Manheim Twp. PD
Nudes Sent To Children 'Almost Every Night' For 3 Years: Manheim Twp. PD A 23-year-old man has been texting nude photos and videos of himself to children for the past three years, Manheim Township Police announced on Monday, June 24.  Raul Ramos Jr. of the 100 block of Jennings Drive in Lancaster City, began sending the images when he was 20 years old and the victims were 13 and 12 years old, according to the police release.  After a parent reported the images found on the children's phones, the police searched the phones and confirmed the images and video were sent by Ramos, the police explained.  In an interview with the police on the children …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say
Steelton/Highspire School Bus Driver Philip Fry Arrested A 56-year-old school bus driver has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies related to child pornography, police announced late Thursday night. Philip Fry of the 1100 block of Oberlin Road, Middletown, Lower Swatara Township was arrested following a warranted search of his home. The search was conducted by the Derry Township Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Investigators, along with Detectives from the Dauphin County Criminal Investigation Division. The search was part of a larger investigation after receiving tips about Child Sexual Abuse Material.  During the …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Accused Teen Killer's GF Charged For Allegedly Helping Cover-Up Murder: Lancaster Police Accused Teen Killer's GF Charged For Allegedly Helping Cover-Up Murder: Lancaster Police
Accused Teen Killer's GF Charged For Allegedly Helping Cover-Up Murder: Lancaster Police A 20-year-old man, his 19-year-old girlfriend, and her 19-year-old friend shot a 19-year-old man and left him to die on a Lancaster street, officials allege in an updated release on March 15.  A report of "shots fired" led Lancaster officers to Elliot 'Diddy' Tyrone Corbin III, of Lancaster, who was found "suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," in 400 block of South Prince Street, Lancaster at approximately 5:28 p.m., Jan. 6, according to city police and identified to Daily Voice by coroner Eric Bieber.  He was taken to "a medical facility for treatment but ultimatel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA
VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA A Virginia man who pleaded guilty in connection to traveling to Pennsylvania to have sex with a child has been sentenced, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Tanner Iskra, 38 of the 2100 block of Harpoon Drive, Stafford, VA, pleaded guilty in Sept. 2023 to attempted statutory sexual assault (11 years older), attempted corruption of minors, and criminal use of a communication facility, DA Heather Adams detailed in the release.  Iskra was sentenced to 11-23 months in prison, eight years of probation, and he must register as a sex offender …

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Central PA Drug Dealer Nabbed For Fentanyl Death: DA Central PA Drug Dealer Nabbed For Fentanyl Death: DA
Central PA Drug Dealer Nabbed For Fentanyl Death: DA A 24-year-old drug dealer has been arrested in connection with a fentanyl drug delivery resulting in death, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office.  Daniel Fernando Pineda, of the 200 block of North Plum Street, Lancaster was apprehended on Thursday, July 21, after a warranted search and seizure of his cellphone tied him to the victim, authorities say.  The Lancaster City Bureau of Police had been called to a report of an unconscious male to a home in the 800 block of North Shippen Street around 5 p.m. on April 7, according to the DA's release. The man's acc…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson
PA Repeat Child Porn Offender On Last Year Of Probation Didn’t Learn His Lesson A central Pennsylvania man has been charged with possessing child porn— again, authorities say. Harrison Michael Rineholt, 48, of Pennsylvania and previously of Maryland, was on his last year of probation for possessing child pornography when he was caught disseminating more child porn a decade later, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. An investigation was launched after a proactive investigation conducted by Corporal Anthony Reppert found Rineholt was sharing the child porn online, the release details. State police’s computer task force did a warranted search of his hom…

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Lancaster County Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges, PA State Police Say Lancaster County Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges, PA State Police Say
Lancaster County Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges, PA State Police Say A Lancaster County man has been charged in connection with a child pornography investigation, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. David Henry Bowersox Jr., 60, of Columbia, was charged on Friday, according to the release and court documents. State Police conducted a warranted search of his home in the 800 block of Chestnut Street on Oct. 19 at 7 a.m., police say. Findings by the PSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Central Computer Crime Task Force led to Bowersox's arrest, according to the release. Bowersox was charged with the following, according to his court d…

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Lebanon Man Found Sharing Child Porn Using Torrent File Sharing Program, State Police Say Lebanon Man Found Sharing Child Porn Using Torrent File Sharing Program, State Police Say
Lebanon Man Found Sharing Child Porn Using Torrent File Sharing Program, State Police Say A man in Lebanon has been arrested after child pornography found on a file sharing program linked back to his personal computer, according to Pennsylvania state police. Michael Gerald Rankin, 34, of Lebanon, was arrested on Friday following an investigation by state police. Police were initially alerted to child pornography being shared on a uTorrent program and investigated the IP address, according to a release by police. Police obtained a warrant to search a home in the 900 block of Horseshoe Pike in South Annville Township and seized a desktop computer belonging to Rankin on Oct. 22, a…

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GOT HIM! Child Porn Distribution Tip leads To Arrest Of Man, 51, In Cumberland County GOT HIM! Child Porn Distribution Tip leads To Arrest Of Man, 51, In Cumberland County
GOT HIM! Child Porn Distribution Tip leads To Arrest Of Man, 51, In Cumberland County A tip to police has lead to the arrest of a 51-year-old man in Cumberland County, according to Upper Allen Township police. William Dennison of 200 block Sleepy Hollow Drive in Mechanicsburg, was arrested on Tuesday on charges for been distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and criminal use of a communication facility. Police had been investigating Dennison since receiving a tip in March that he was distributing and possessing child pornography. After an investigation, police obtained a warrant and searched Dennison's home on Tuesday-- he was arrested shortly …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Church Pastor Sent Nude Photos To Undercover Police In Lancaster Church Pastor Sent Nude Photos To Undercover Police In Lancaster
Church Pastor Sent Nude Photos To Undercover Police In Lancaster A pastor in Mount Joy was arrested Tuesday after he sent nude images of himself to an undercover police officer, whom he thought was an underage girl, according to Lancaster city police. Anthony R. Morales, 33, of Warwick Township-- who is listed as the lead pastor at Miracle Center Fellowship Church in Mount Joy-- exchanged nude photographs with a 17-year-old girl via social media for two weeks in May, according to court documents. In addition to trading photos, he messaged the girl requesting to have sex. That's when the girl approached police about what happened going on. An undercover…

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Kik App, Tips Off State Police Leading To Child Porn Charges For Cumberland County Teen Kik App, Tips Off State Police Leading To Child Porn Charges For Cumberland County Teen
Kik App, Tips Off State Police Leading To Child Porn Charges For Cumberland County Teen A Camp Hill teen has been charged for sending and receiving child pornography through a social media application, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Marko Pezer, 19, was arrested by state police following a search warrant of his 100 South 18th Street home on June 11. The warrant was issued following a report made to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children by the social media platform Kik. Kik told the center that "it was apparent child pornography was sent by a user," according to the PSP report. Pezer has been charged with the following: F2 Child Pornography F3 Ch…

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