Feds Honor Willistown Cops For Sex Trafficking, Child Porn Bust

WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Two detectives with the Willistown Township Police Department were honored by federal authorities for their work on a major sex trafficking and child pornography bust that was Pennsylvania's largest.

Willistown Detectives Stephen Jones and Robert Will were honored by the US Attorney’s Office Eastern District for their work with the FBI on a large child abuse and child pornography case.

US Attorney William McSwain honored Jones and Will recently.

The detectives were integral in the arrest and conviction of Lawrence Jamieson, of Malvern.

Jamieson had 14.4 million images of child pornography, representing the largest cache of child porn ever found in the state.

He was sentenced to 100 years in prison for his crimes.

Their work was also recognized by Chester County District Attorney's Office earlier this year.

Jamieson collected some of the most demented images imaginable of toddlers and infants being sexually assaulted by adult men and women, and in some cases, by animals, according to federal officials.

He was well-acquainted with the young girl he abused, authorities said. He knew she had been diagnosed on the Autism spectrum and suffered from learning disabilities and mental health issues.

He targeted this underage girl by first recruiting an adult man to pose as a teenage boy so that they could dupe the girl into believing he was her boyfriend, thereby gaining her trust, according to officials.

The "boyfriend" then engaged in sexual activity with her while photographing and videotaping her, the U.S. Attorney said. He then distributed the videos and images back to Jamieson and to others over the internet, authorities said.

Jamieson was arrested March 2, 2017.