UPPER HANOVER â An Upper Hanover man who is a police officer with the Hilltown Township Police Department in Bucks County found himself on the other side of the law, accused of possessing child pornography.
Matthew Reiss, 47, of the 1000 block of Ziegler Road in the Palm section of Upper Hanover, was arraigned on Tuesday before District Court Judge Albert J. Augustine on ten felony counts of possessing child pornography in connection with alleged incidents that occurred at his home between April and May.
Augustine set bail at $75,000 cash, which Reiss posted and he was released to await a June 7 preliminary hearing on the charges before District Court Judge Maureen Coggins.
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Langhorne man gets prison for assault on Bucks County prison cellmate
A Langhorne man will spend up to four years in state prison for assaulting his cellmate in Bucks County Prison early last year.
On Thursday, Javier Blanco, 24, pleaded guilty to assaulting his cellmate, causing a brain bleed in January 2020, according to Manuel Gamiz Jr., spokesman for the Bucks County District Attorney s Office.
Blanco was sentenced to two to four years in state prison, as well as two years of probation, Gamiz said. Judge Diane Gibbons accepted the plea.
Bucks County Corrections and county detectives jointly filed charges stating Blanco assaulted his 68-year-old cellmate on Jan. 3, 2020.
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Warminster allowed a former police officer accused last month of sexually abusing four boys he met on the job to quietly retire in 2009 with a “work-related disability” and collect more than $180,000, plus a monthly pension.
James Christopher Carey, 53, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, received an “honorable discharge” under the 2009 settlement, which allowed him to receive work-related disability benefits.
The revelation of the retirement deal became public following Carey’s arrest last month on more than 100 counts of child sex abuse charges, as well as charges of official oppression following a lengthy Bucks County Detectives investigation and inquiry by a Bucks County Investigating Grand Jury.