Falls Man Possessed, Uploaded Child Porn: Police

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA — A 24-year-old man from Falls Township is under arrest on charges that he possessed pornographic images of underage boys and uploaded it to a blogging website.

Kenneth Richard Roberts III, of Tanglewood Lane, is charged with possessing child pornography and sharing images of children engaged in sexual acts — both felonies.

According to police, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was alerted on Oct. 30 by blogging site Tumblr about an account posting suspected child pornography. The account was identified by user name "lionken24" and associated with the email address "robertskenneth90@yahoo.com."

The site submitted a sample of the blog's content to authorities, police said.

On May 30, the report was forwarded to the Falls Township Police Department for investigation. Investigators viewed the posted samples which police say included 32 images — all believed to depict child pornography.

They traced the images, some of which depicted boys ages 10-15 in sexually explicit positions, to an internet address associated with Roberts' computer in Falls Township.

On June 25, Falls police applied for a search warrant, which was executed at 6 p.m. Shortly afterward, police interviewed Roberts, who they say admitted he had downloaded and viewed child pornography on multiple occasions.

He admitted posting child pornography on Tumblr and knowing that it was wrong, police said.

During the search, police say they also seized Roberts' phone, on which additional child porn photos were found. One of the images on his phone matched one that had been posted to Tumblr, police said.

According to court records, Judge Jan Vislosky set Roberts' bail at $50,000.