{"id":260931,"date":"2026-08-07T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260931\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:44:08","slug":"registered-sex-offender-admits-to-gun-stolen-motorcycle-charges-in-lower-providence-case-awaits-sentencing-perk-valley-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260931\/","title":{"rendered":"Registered sex offender admits to gun, stolen motorcycle charges in Lower Providence case, awaits sentencing \u2013 Perk Valley Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Hemighaus admitted possessing an unlicensed firearm, methamphetamine and motorcycle reported stolen from Lower Merion<\/p>\n

A Philadelphia registered Tier 2 sex offender <\/a>has pleaded guilty to four charges stemming from his arrest inside a vacant Lower Providence Township warehouse<\/a>, where police said they found a stolen motorcycle, loaded handgun and methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

Ryan Joseph Hemighaus, 35, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to felony counts of carrying a firearm without a license and receiving stolen property, misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and a summary count of defiant trespassing.<\/p>\n

Judge Todd D. Eisenberg deferred sentencing while court officials prepare a presentence investigation report. Hemighaus was also ordered to undergo drug, alcohol and mental-health evaluations.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors intend to seek an aggregate sentence of two to four years in prison, according to The Mercury<\/a>. Hemighaus will remain incarcerated while awaiting sentencing, which has yet to be scheduled, as of Thursday.<\/p>\n

Assistant District Attorney Courtney McMonagle is prosecuting the case. Philadelphia attorney Jason C. Kadish represents Hemighaus.<\/p>\n

As part of the case\u2019s disposition, prosecutors withdrew charges of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possessing an instrument of crime, a second count of controlled-substance possession and two counts of possessing drug paraphernalia, per reports.<\/p>\n

Lower Providence Township Police arrested Hemighaus on Nov. 4, 2025, after officers were called to investigate suspicious activity at a vacant warehouse in the 900 block of Rittenhouse Road in Audubon.<\/p>\n

Police found a motorcycle parked in a far corner of the property with its license plate bent upward and its ignition punched, allowing it to be started without a key. A check of its vehicle identification number showed it had been reported stolen in Lower Merion Township on Oct. 27, 2025.<\/p>\n

A blue backpack leaning against the motorcycle contained a loaded Glock 19 9mm pistol and a magazine holding 18 rounds, including three hollow-point bullets, according to the criminal complaint. Police also found a debit card bearing Hemighaus\u2019 name and correspondence written on his behalf.<\/p>\n

Hemighaus was located inside the warehouse and taken into custody. Police said a search uncovered a screwdriver in his sweatshirt pocket that had been notched and altered in a manner that could be used to start a vehicle with a punched ignition.<\/p>\n

Investigators later found suspected methamphetamine, suspected LSD, an unidentified white powder and a gummy inside the backpack, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Hemighaus, who has listed addresses on Green Lane and North Cleveland Street in Philadelphia, was convicted of felony unlawful contact with a minor in Philadelphia in May 2024. He is currently non-compliant. <\/p>\n

All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records and information provided by the Montgomery County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Hemighaus admitted possessing an unlicensed firearm, methamphetamine and motorcycle reported stolen from Lower Merion A Philadelphia registered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[183,185,184,186],"class_list":["post-260931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260931","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=260931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}