Crime & Safety

Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Crimes Involving Warminster Teen: Report

Christopher West of Gloucester, N.J., was arrested in June when authorities found him and the 13-year-old boy in his car, reports say.

A New Jersey man who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Warminster boy earlier this year pleaded guilty to the crimes recently, according to the Bucks County Intelligencer and court records.

Christopher Michael West, 26, of Gloucester, pleaded guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault of a child, and child pornography, according to court records.

West was arrested in June when police saw a suspicious vehicle in the area of Norwood Road and Nemoral Street and police found West and his victim inside West's car, the outlet reports.

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West said he met the boy online and police said West and the boy had sex several times and shared sexually explicit photos and videos with each other, as well as had sexually explicit text message conversations, the Intelligencer reports.

West's sentencing was deferred to allow the state Sexual Offender Assessment Board to evaluate West and the case, according to the outlet.

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