A cell phone repair technician at a Levittown shop discovered something disturbing on a device he was fixing Wednesday evening.
Staff at a cell phone repair shop called Tullytown police after discovering suspected child pornography while examining an Apple iPhone that was brought in for repair, police said.
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The distraught repair technician told investigators he saw sexual images of children who appeared to be 10 years old and younger, according to court papers filed early Thursday.
A sergeant called to the store put the phone in airplane mode to preserve evidence and introduced himself the man who brought the phone to the store. The man was not aware police were called to the scene, court papers stated.
The man – Samuel A. Kaye, 27, of Bristol Township – admitted to having “underage pornography” on the phone. He even said the youngest child depicted in the images was 2-years-old, police said.
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During a later interview at police headquarters on Main Street, Kaye said he was “turned on” by images of naked underage girls, according to court papers.
Officer found 32 images of suspected child pornography, some involving sex acts between a toddler and an adult male, police said.
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Kaye was arraigned early Thursday morning by a district judge on 32 counts of child pornography and single counts of dissemination of photos/film of child sex acts and criminal use of a communication facility. He was sent to prison on 10 percent of $100,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 22.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
