{"id":196022,"date":"2026-05-18T22:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/196022\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:30:12","slug":"pennsylvania-man-accused-of-sending-explicit-images-to-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/196022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man accused of sending explicit images to minors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRIGHT HERE ON WGAL NEW TONIGHT WEST EARL TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY THEY CHARGED A MAN AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION OVER SOCIAL MEDIA WITH JUVENILE BOYS. POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION INTO NATHAN DISMORE BEGAN IN FEBRUARY AFTER THEY FOUND HE ALLEGEDLY SENT EXPLICIT IMAGES OF HIMSELF OVER THE PLATFORM SNAPCHAT. THE IDENTIFIED VICTIMS, 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS, ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, WITH A MESSAGE TO ONE OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS SHOWING DISMORE CALLING HIMSELF, QUOTE, A PEDO HUNTER. HE FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING DISSEMINATING EXPLICIT SEXUAL MATERIAL, UNLAWFUL CONTACT WITH MINORS AND ALSO CRIMINAL SOLICITATION INVOLVING SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania man accused of sending explicit images to minors on Snapchat<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:51 PM EDT May 18, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe West Earl Township Police Department has charged Nathan Dissmore after an investigation into alleged inappropriate communication with juvenile boys over social media. Police said the investigation began in February after they discovered Dissmore had allegedly sent explicit images of himself through Snapchat. According to charging documents, the identified victims are 16 and 17 years old. One of the alleged victims received a message from Dissmore in which he referred to himself as a “pedo hunter,” police said. Dissmore faces multiple felony charges, including:Disseminating explicit sexual material.Unlawful contact with minors.Criminal solicitation involving sexual abuse of children.He was arrested Friday, arraigned, and released on $50,000 bail.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The West Earl Township Police Department has charged Nathan Dissmore after an investigation into alleged inappropriate communication with juvenile boys over social media. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNathan Dissmore<\/p>\n

Police said the investigation began in February after they discovered Dissmore had allegedly sent explicit images of himself through Snapchat. <\/p>\n

According to charging documents, the identified victims are 16 and 17 years old. <\/p>\n

One of the alleged victims received a message from Dissmore in which he referred to himself as a “pedo hunter,” police said. <\/p>\n

Dissmore faces multiple felony charges, including:\t<\/p>\n

Disseminating explicit sexual material.Unlawful contact with minors.Criminal solicitation involving sexual abuse of children.<\/p>\n

He was arrested Friday, arraigned, and released on $50,000 bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIGHT HERE ON WGAL NEW TONIGHT WEST EARL TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY THEY CHARGED A MAN AFTER AN INVESTIGATION…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[87043,24705,87047,87039,87040,87046,87049,87044,1021,87050,14487,87045,87041,28,30,29,206,2493,14495,33473,87048,87042,890,63463],"class_list":["post-196022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-accused-of-sending-explicit-images","tag-boy","tag-criminal-solicitation","tag-criminal-solicitation-involving-sexual-abuse-of-children","tag-disseminating-explicit-sexual-material","tag-explicit-image","tag-explicit-sexual-material","tag-inappropriate-communication","tag-investigation","tag-lancaster-county-man","tag-minor","tag-minors-on-snapchat","tag-nathan-dissmore","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-police","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-snapchat","tag-social-medium","tag-unlawful-contact","tag-unlawful-contact-with-minors","tag-victim","tag-west-earl-township-police-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}