Warrington Police Arrest Man For Possessing, Distributing Child Porn

WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A man faces charges in Warrington Township for possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material.

Police on August 11 announced the arrest of Anthony Norman Defrancisco, 52, following a months-long undercover investigation.

On May 28, while conducting an undercover investigation, police said a Warrington officer was able to download several files from a computer utilizing file-sharing software.

Through their investigation, officers traced the computer to Anthony Defrancisco and his residence along with several other computers and digital storage media.

Defrancisco was interviewed and arrested at his home. He was taken before Magisterial District Judge Stacy Wertman who remanded him to Bucks County Prison in lieu of $126,000/10 percent bail.

The Warrington Township Police Department was assisted in its investigation by the Lower Southampton, Bensalem, Lower Makefield, and Middletown Township police departments and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.