The president of the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners is accused of sending and receiving images that depicted children engaging in sex acts with adults.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced Wednesday that Philip Ahr, 66, has been arrested on charges of child pornography possession and distribution.
Detectives received a tip on Aug. 31 about an individual who had uploaded and shared images of child pornography through a Yahoo Messenger account.
Authorities issued a subpoena for an IP address, and Verizon identified the subscriber who allegedly uploaded and sent the images as Ahr.
On Sept. 21, police executed a search warrant at Ahr's home. Ahr spoke to detectives during the search, told them he owned a laptop and desktop computer and admitted he had been "sexting" with people online, according to prosecutors.
Ahr admitted those conversations included sexual talk about children, prosecutors said. He said an unknown person sent him about a dozen images of child pornography featuring a girl Ahr estimated to be around 13 years old, prosecutors said.
Some images allegedly showed underage girls engaging in sex acts with adult males. According to authorities, Ahr said, "Obviously I knew the images were illegal and don't know how I could say otherwise."
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