Blaise Diehl in a YouTube screenshot (Credit: YouTube)
A Lancaster man nabbed in a 2024 sting in Warrington Township with the aid of an online sexual predator group, who shared the police encounter on YouTube, is headed to state prison for 2 years 6 months to 5 years for pleading guilty to a felony charge of possession of child pornography.
At his sentencing in Bucks County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, Blaise Nathaniel Diehl, 41, was also given 6 years of probation for pleading guilty to felony criminal use of a communications device, according to court records.
Diehl was given credit for 499 days served in jail.
As conditions of his sentence, Diehl must go under sex offender supervision and must have no unsupervised contact with children. He is allowed to remain at Bucks County jail for 10 days to speak to his attorney, where he has been incarcerated on $100,000 cash bail since November 2024.
Diehl was arrested after a two-month investigation on child sexual abuse and attempted statutory sexual assault charges with the aid of the online sexual predator group.
Additional felony charges of attempted statutory sexual assault, criminal attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, criminal attempted aggravated indecent assault, were dismissed by prosecutors at the guilty plea negotiation in November 2025.
The video of Diehl's arrest was posted on YouTube under the title, "Man Brings EVERY SINGLE THING HE HAS to Meet Child in Hotel At 2am ARRESTED (Warrington Twp, PA)" and was posted in October 2024.
On Sept. 17, 2024, Warrington Police were notified that Diehl traveled from Lancaster to Warrington to meet with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl at the Hampton Inn Doylestown at 1570 Easton Road, authorities allege. In reality, the “girl” was fake and part of an operation by an online sexual predator group, police said.
During an on-scene investigation, several electronic devices were seized, as authorities believed child sexual abusive material was on them, police said. Search warrants were obtained for the devices, with at least one containing such material, police said.
After a two-month investigation, charges were filed against Diehl, police said.
According to Pennsylvania court records, Diehl received five years’ probation in November 2021 for pleading guilty to his second DUI in York County.
Diehl has a criminal record dating back to 2003 across numerous counties. For instance, he was convicted and jailed for DUI in Cumberland County in 2013 and again in York County in 2008, pled guilty to assault in Franklin County in 2014, got probation in 2008 in Union County for harassment and disorderly conduct, and served one month probation for pleading guilty to theft in 2003 in York County.
Warrington Police said parents, children and teens should be aware of the dangers lurking on the internet. For more resources, visit the NetSmartz collection of videos and resources offered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Diehl was represented by public defender Brian McBeth.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
