Philly Cop Facing Child Porn Charges

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia Police Officer turned himself into the department's Internal Affairs Unit Tuesday, April 26 after an investigation by the police Special Victims Unit that alleged the officer was in possession of child pornography, according to police.

Emmanuel Folly, 25, and a three-year veteran of the department, is facing charges of sexual abuse of children; possession of child pornography; and dissemination of child pornography, according to police.

Folly was released April 26 after posting 10 percent of $15,000 bail, court records show.

Folly has since been suspended from the force for 30 days and police plan to dismiss him after those 30 days.

The charges were filed on the heels of an SVU investigation that claims Folly had a laptop computer with child pornography on it.

In the investigation, authorities used a computer program to find people who view, download, and share child pornography.

Through that program, they discovered an IP address in Philadelphia had been downloading child pornography, police said.

Police later executed a search warrant on that address, learning later that Folly lived there with his parents, according to police.

Police said the investigation is continuing.

Folly will appear in court for his preliminary hearing on May 8, court records show.

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