UPDATE: Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Boy, Taking Lewd Photos Of Kids Could Have More Victims

UPDATED: 5:05 p.m., Tuesday:

In a Tuesday afternoon news conference, Bucks County First Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Schorn told the public that investigators believe there are additional victims of Brian Nathaniel Harris, 28, of Bristol Borough.

Amid the 500 combined image and video files containing child sexual abuse material on Harris’ devices, detectives have evidence to believe there are as many as six other victims, Schorn said.

“We have reason to believe there may be more,” said Schorn.

The Bucks County Detectives investigation involved assistance from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

Harris, who worked in the Levittown area, is believed to have potential contact with children at multiple locations in the area, authorities said.

Investigators found evidence Harris traveled to Long Beach Island, New Jersey, and may have traveled or planned to visit other nearby states.

“A predator living among us like this is a community’s worst fear,” Schorn said. “Thanks to the outstanding work done by law enforcement, Brian Harris will be held in Bucks County detention while he awaits his day in court.”

The first assistant district attorney urged anyone with information on Harris or additional potential victims to contact county detectives 215-348-6354. State and federal officials said they were ready to assist with any tips that led outside of Bucks County.

Original Story:

A Bristol Borough man has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a 12-year-old boy and took lewd photos of other minors, according to court papers.

Brian Nathaniel Harris, 28, was preliminarily arraigned Tuesday morning before on-call District Judge Jan Vislosky on 161 charges, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse on an unconscious person. He was being held on $20 million bail.

According to court papers, Bucks County Detectives received a tip on October 31 via the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about potential child sexual abuse material. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children learned of the information after a report from social media company Snapchat.

Detectives said they were able to link the potential child porn to an IP address at a home in the 1000 block of Pond Street in Bristol Borough.

Earlier in November, Harris was identified as being tied to the address and social media account, authorities said.

Last Tuesday, detectives executed a search warrant on Harris’ home on Pond Street and took his electronic devices as part of their child porn investigation, authorities said.

Investigators took several devices and began examining them, which led to the discovery of additional items of alleged child porn, authorities said.

Detectives wrote in court papers obtained by LevittownNow.com that there were 500 suspected child porn images and some were listed in “secret” files on the devices, police said.

Investigators said some of the media files showed Harris sexually assaulting the 12-year-old boy while he was asleep in 2022 and 2023.

Some of the assaults allegedly took place in Falls Township.

Harris is accused of disseminating alleged child porn and chatting online with someone about it. He alleged said he would sexually assault the boy “til he rolls over or wakes up.”

At a location in Morrisville, the 12-year-old boy was allegedly sexually abused by Harris when he was 8 or 9 years old, authorities said.

Detectives wrote in court papers that they obtained lewd photos of a 2-year-old child and an 8-year-old child.

“Brian Harris touched and/or sexually assaulted these children, taking their photographs and videos of some of the assaults and disseminating them to various individuals,” detectives said.

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office is set to hold a press conference on the case at 3 p.m. They are expected to ask for the public’s help in locating additional potential victims.

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.

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