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A Bristol Township man was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police for allegedly possessing child pornography.
Patrick Louis Exantus, 29, was arraigned before District Judge Robert Wagner Jr. on charges of child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility, sell obscene sexual materials, and theft.
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A state police investigator wrote in court papers that he discovered Exantus downloaded child porn in May through a BitTorrent network.
Last Thursday, troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Southeast Computer Crime Unit executed a warrant at Exantus’ home on Junewood Drive in Levittown.
In court papers, an investigator said Exantus admitted to downloading, viewing, and deleting child pornography. He reportedly said he was looking for porn featuring adults when child porn would be downloaded. He would view it and deleted it.
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Troopers said one child porn file featured a child performing a sex act on a dog, being bound and performing sex acts on an adult, and other illegal actions.
Three computers were taken by investigators and a fourth was returned to Exantus’ place of employment. Jewelry, which Exantus said was taken from his job, was also returned, state police said.
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Exantus was released on $100,000 unsecured bail.
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.
