Crime & Safety
Bristol Twp. Man Charged With Child Pornography Possession
Bristol Township Police have charged Joseph Gladen, 54, with the possession and dissemination of child pornography.
BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — A 54-year-old township man is in custody after being charged with having and distributing child pornography, police said.
The Bristol Township Police Department has charged Joseph Gladen, 54, with the possession of child pornography and the dissemination of child pornography.
Gladen was preliminarily arraigned by Magisterial District
Judge Galloway. Bail was set at $500,000.
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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) alerted law enforcement through a Cybertip about possible child sexual assault material being disseminated from a location in Bristol Township, police said.
An investigation was conducted by Detectives from Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and Bristol Township’s
Criminal Investigation Division.
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A search warrant was served on Wednesday on a home on Roundwood Lane in the township's Levittown section.
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