Crime & Safety

Norristown Man Offered To Show Cop Child Porn In Parking Lot: Report.

His motives are unclear.

A Norristown man caught looking at child pornography in a van in Lower Providence has been sentenced to prison for six to 23 months, according to a report by the Pottstown Mercury.

Terrance John King, 49, of South Parkview Drive plead guilty to possession of child pornography, the report states.

At about 10 p.m. on October 3, officers found King parked by the Audubon Recreational Field on Pawlings Road across the street from the Audubon Center, according to the report.

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As the officer approached the van, King came out and told the officer he was looking at pornography, the report states.

King then offered to show the officer the pornography he was looking at, according to the report.

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