Former Radnor Commissioner Gets Prison For Child Porn

RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA — The former Radnor Township Commissioner charged with child porn-related crimes will spend time behind bars, according to federal authorities.

First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said Philip Ahr, 68, of Radnor, was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison and 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to three counts of distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography. His sentence requires him to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.

Ahr, who created online aliases like "DaddyX" and "DaddyXX" to commit these crimes, was originally arrested by the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, and then later by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of an online investigation into the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children.

For more than four years, Ahr communicated online with hundreds of other child offenders, distributing images of children being sexually abused and collecting an extensive supply of the unlawful videos and images, authorities said.

He did so at all times of the day and night and from various locations and devices, including at his home, his place of employment, and using his Radnor Township-issued iPad he had got as President of the Board of Commissioners, according to authorities.

During the same time that he was committing these offenses, Ahr also involved himself in numerous community service activities that were geared toward and gave him access to children of the same age that he sexually exploited as part of his crimes.