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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
Central PA School Bus Driver Caught With Child Porn, Police Say 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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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PA Teen Sexually Abuses Minors, Police Say PA Teen Sexually Abuses Minors, Police Say
PA Teen Sexually Abuses Minors, Police Say A teenage boy is accused of sexually abusing children in Pennsylvania, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.  The unidentified 14-year-old Mount Joy boy was arrested following a police investigation that "uncovered multiple offenses by the defendant over the course of two to three months involving several victims," area police stated in a release.  He was charged with the following, according to Mount Joy Borough Police: Two Counts of Sexual Abuse of Children-Photograph/Film/Depict on Computer Sex Act. Sexual Abuse of Children-Possession of Child Pornography. Indecent Assau…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Google Photos Account With Nude Children Owned By Manheim Man, Police Say Google Photos Account With Nude Children Owned By Manheim Man, Police Say
Google Photos Account With Nude Children Owned By Manheim Man, Police Say A 20-year-old man posted naked photos of children under the age of ten to Google Photos, police say.  Hayden L. Howard of the 1000 block of Eden Road in Lancaster, as arrested after an investigation into CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was sent to city police.  The uploads were matched to him through his email and IP addresses, police announced on Thursday, May 25, 2023. "A search warrant was executed at this address—a cell phone, which Hayden L. Howard used was seized during the execution of the search warrant," police said. On the device …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
MontCo Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police MontCo Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police
MontCo Man Masturbated During Chat, Harassed Teen Girl For Sexual Photos: Police A Montgomery County man sits in a Bucks jail cell after police say he sexually harassed a teen online.  Louis Tran, 34, of Pottstown, is charged with sexual abuse of children, harassment, criminal use of a communications facility, and related counts, said the Plumstead Police Department in a statement.  Investigators say Tran harassed a 13-year-old girl by sending inappropriate messages on social media and calling repeatedly on Facetime. Police said the 34-year-old requested the victim send explicit photographs "on multiple occasions." In one of the video calls, the department sa…

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by Mac Bullock
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Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say
Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say A child who befriended an elderly man in a nursing home discovered the resident had a phone full of child pornography, authorities say. The 14-year-old was visiting Conestoga View Nursing Home at 900 East King Street when 74-year-old Kenneth Frazer Kuehne, befriended the young visitor and invited the child to his room in December 2022, Manheim Township police detail in a release on Feb. 15, 2023. The children's parents later learn that he had "shown photographs, to their child, one of the photos was a young boy who was completely nude. Another nurse’s aide who had assisted Kuehne with his c…

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by Jillian Pikora
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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, …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen
Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen A former Pennsylvania firefighter was sentenced to 10 to 20 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met on an online dating app in 2019, authorities said. Carlton Bell, 29, of Pottstown (Montgomery County), was arrested in January 2020, and pled guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual abuse of children in April 2021, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. On Dec. 24, 2019, East Coventry police received information that a 14-year-old child created a profile on Grindr, --  one of the largest social networking apps for g…

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by Nicole Acosta