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Eight felonies, including four counts of possession of child pornography, were withdrawn at a preliminary hearing for a Richland Township man last month, but he still heads to Bucks County Common Pleas Court on two felonies.
Jason Sheldron, 38, of South West End Boulevard, who is free on $150,000 unsecured bail, will be arraigned April 17 on possession of child pornography and criminal use of a communications device for allegedly sharing and downloading child sexual abuse material via an Xbox Live account in June 2023, according to court documents.
Authorities allege Sheldron used a Microsoft Xbox gaming console to access the internet and obtain CSAM on five separate occasions between June 11, 2023 and June 28, 2024.
On Sept. 18, 2024, Richland Township detectives investigated five Cypertips submitted to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children linked to a specific IP address, which occurred over a one-year span, police said in the affidavit.
Each tip was linked to different singular still images of prepubescent females engaged in sexual activity, police said.
A subpoena on Comcast overturned information on the owner of the IP address, which belonged to a woman on South West End Boulevard, per the affidavit. An investigation found that Sheldron also resides at the property, police said.
On Dec. 9, 2024, a search warrant was served at Sheldron’s home, police said.
During an interview, he admitted to accessing CSAM numerous times by using his Xbox to go on the internet, where he would use the search engine DuckDuckGo, police said.
Sheldron allegedly often used a form titled “all cams” to locate the CSAM, per the affidavit, doing so as recent as Dec. 7, 2024.
Sheldron is represented by Quakertown defense attorney William Buchanan.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
