Child Porn Charge Upheld — But 31 Dropped

 By Pattie Price

Scott Richmond, 37, of Newtown, waived a hearing Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Lee Hunter on one count of possession of child pornography. In exchange for the waiver 31 counts of possession of child pornography, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and disruption of service were withdrawn. The charges stem from an April 25 incident at his Rhoads Avenue residence and his place of employment on Campus Boulevard.

According to the affidavit, Delaware County CID Detective David Peifer said Richmond worked in the Information Technology  department of a Newtown Square company when police were alerted he had uploaded suspected child pornography on both his home and work computers. The investigation involved Google, MySpace, Facebook, and Linkedin, and PennDOT records.
A search warrant was obtained for Richmond’s home and work computers.
Richmond admitted that he searched for male pornography on both computers. He identified one of the people in the picture as his ex-boyfriend whom he started dating when the boyfriend was 18.

As a result of the search warrant, police seized 14 glass vials of cocaine along with the computers from Richmond’s residence.

Thirty-two images of children under the age of 18 engaged in sexual acts or poses were also identified.

Richmond was remanded to the George W. Hill Prison when he was unable to post 10 percent of $100,000 bail. He is scheduled for a Feb. 13 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.
 

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