Crime & Safety
Man Posed As 16-Year-Old Boy To Exploit Bucks Co. Girl: PD
Lower Southampton Township Police said a 33-year-old man from Maine is in custody after turning himself in.
LOWER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A 33-year-old Main man is in custody on charges involving the online exploitation of an underage girl.
The Lower Southampton Township Police Department said that John Pulk turned himself in on Friday.
He is charged with the Sexual Abuse of Children, Unlawful Contact with a Minor, and related offenses.
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Police said that Pulk allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on social media and contacted a girl from Bucks County, asking her for explicit images.
He later admitted to being an adult and sent explicit pictures of himself to the girl, police said.
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Pulk was arraigned by District Judge Falcone and remanded to Bucks County Prison after bail was set at $750,000.
Police said the case remains under investigation.
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