Former Radnor Commissioner Jailed Ahead Of Child Porn Trial

RADNOR, PA – Philip Ahr, the former Radnor Township Commissioner who was recently hit with federal child pornography charges on top of locally-filed charges, was ordered to jail Monday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Marilyn Heffley on Monday ordered Ahr, 67, to be jailed until his upcoming trial, Philly.com reports.

Ahr remained free on bail for the child pornography-related charges filed against him in Delaware County until he was ordered to the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia Monday.

The news about Ahr's federal charges broke last week after an indictment was unsealed.

The federal indictment charges Ahr – whose online monikers allegedly were "DaddyX" and "DaddyXX" – with two counts each of distribution and attempted distribution of child pornography and receipt of child pornography, as well as one count of possession of child pornography.

The incidents leading to the charges span from 2013 to 2017, according to the charging document.

These federal charges add to the 130 total charges related to child pornography filed in Delaware County, which are 10 counts of disseminating child pornography, 50 counts of child pornography possession, 60 counts of criminal use of a communication facility, and 10 counts of attempted dissemination of child pornography.

Should Ahr be convicted, he faces up to a five-year sentence. His federal trial date has yet to be set.

Ahr, of the Rosemont section of Radnor Township, was arrested Oct. 11 by Delaware County authorities following the announcement of a county-led investigation of unknown origin targeting Ahr in late September.

He later resigned as the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners president, a position he was elected to in July 2017.

However, he maintained his seat as the township's Ward 7 commissioner.

Then in early November, Ahr resigned his role with the board entirely, leaving his seat vacant and forcing the township to appoint an interim commissioner.

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