PA Firefighter Removed From Roster Amid Child Solicitation Probe
A longtime Alpha Fire Company firefighter was removed from the department earlier this week after police say he exchanged lewd photos and messages with a person he believed was a 15-year-old girl.
The 46-year-old Lemont man has not been charged yet, according to The Centre Daily Times.
During a search warrant at his home, police seized computers and cell phones.
He swapped online messages with an officer, who was posing as a teen, telling her his desire to have oral and vaginal sex, police said in a court document.
Officers said they estimated he messaged about a dozen children on the app.
When he was confronted at the meeting site by police, he was filmed saying he knew better.
“I’m just seeing everything I’ve worked for — everything I’ve done — just disappearing,” he said. He later added: “I don’t have any excuse. I f----- up.”
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