A Virginia-based pastor has been arrested after, state police officials said, he sent a York County boy explicit images on a weekly basis over the course of more than a year.
On Thursday, Pa. State Police officials announced that 46-year-old Kenneth Baldwin, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested and charged with unlawful contact with a minor, indecent exposure, open lewdness and related offenses following an investigation into correspondence he allegedly had with a York County boy, starting when the child was 15-years-old.
According to police, the investigation began on May 2, 2026, after Pa. State Police learned a 17-year-old boy in York County had, allegedly, received explicit images.
An investigation into these images, officials claim, found Baldwin has begun sending the boy explicit images after meeting the child in November of 2024 — when the boy was 15-years-old — after Baldwin gave a sermon at the child’s church.
At that time, Baldwin and the boy exchanged cell phone numbers, leading to correspondence that lasted until December of 2025, throughout which, officials claim, Baldwin sent “multiple explicit images a week” to the child.
Also, officials said, investigators believe Baldwin may have shared explicit images with other children, as well.
Anyone who may have more information or is concerned that they may have been a victims of Baldwin’s is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police’s York Station at 717-428-1011 or their local law enforcement entity.