Child Porn, Sexual Assault Crimes Land Delco Pair In Prison

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — A Delaware County pair will spend up to 26 years in prison for crimes related to child pornography and child sex assault.

Gia Cubler, of Woodlyn, and Matteo Arriaga, of Ridley Park pleaded guilty in court last week to charges of sexual abuse of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 13 years old, possession and dissemination of child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility and conspiracy offenses.

In addition to the prison time, the two were ordered to serve 15 years of consecutive sex offender probation, register for life as sexual offenders under Megan’s Law, and have no contact with the victim or her family.

The court also ordered them to undergo an evaluation by the state Sexual Offender Assessment Board to determine if they meet the criteria for a sexually violent predator and to provide DNA samples to state police.

According to the DA's office, Arriaga, 21, was initially charged in January 2022 with 25 counts of possessing child pornography and 25 counts of use of a criminal communication facility after he uploaded offensive material on the Snapchat social media platform.

In connection with that investigation, investigators seized four Apple iPhones, two laptops, a custom PC and two external hard drives.

Detective Christopher Tankelewicz of the Criminal Investigation Division conducted a forensic investigation and alerted CID Detective Lisa Martini that he had found 271 videos of child pornography, including a 23-second video clip recorded on Arriaga’s phone in a Snapchat message thread with a person identified as "Gia," authorities said.

Further investigation connected "Gia" to Cubler, who was also known as Gia Carroll.

The pair's messages included discussing creating more child pornography, authorities said.

In an interview, Cubler, 21, allegedly admitted to making the videos and sending them to Arriaga, according to authorities.

Investigators ultimately found 271 unique videos and 156 unique images of child pornography on Arriaga’s phone, including 30 images and eight videos of infant- or toddler-aged children, according to authorities.

“The couple charged in this case were engaged in the production of child pornography with infant victims,"Stollsteimer said. "It is hard to truly express our outrage at such acts of moral depravity. The fact that the victims were infants, and therefore not fully cognizant of what was being done to them, does not turn this into a victimless crime. The full weight of the law will now be used to speak for these helpless, innocent victims."