\ud83d\udea817 suspected child predators arrested in Bensalem this year\ud83d\udea8Police say arrests linked to online sex solicitations and child pornography.\ud83d\udea8Officials urge parents to monitor kids\u2019 internet use<\/p>\n
BENSALEM, Pa. \u2014 17 suspected child predators have been arrested through the Bucks County department’s efforts in 2025.<\/p>\n
Bensalem Director of Public Safety William McVey said that throughout the year, the department has posted on their social media pages about the arrests to a positive response from the community.<\/p>\n
Six of the arrests were for possession or distribution of child pornography, five arrests were for soliciting sex with a minor, and six were for soliciting sex and traveling for sex with a minor. In the latter six cases, all suspects were met by a Bensalem police officer.<\/p>\n
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Apps parents should know about (Bensalem police)Crackdown on online child exploitation in Bucks County<\/p>\n
One of those cases involved Oscar Castillo-Peralta, 53, who police say\u00a0drove from Pleasantville, New Jersey<\/a>,\u00a0to Bensalem to have sex with a 13-year-old he met over Kik, which he never got to do.<\/p>\n \u201cThe safety of our children remains our top priority,\u201d said Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo. \u201cOur police department continues to take an aggressive approach to identifying and arresting those who prey on minors.\u201d<\/p>\n During a media briefing, McVey and Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said parents can protect their children from online predators by being vigilant about their children’s internet use, monitoring their online communications and reporting suspicious activity to police.<\/p>\n Report a correction<\/a> \ud83d\udc48 | \ud83d\udc49 Contact our newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show <\/p>\n The theme of the 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center is “United by Flowers.” <\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Jen Ursillo <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea817 suspected child predators arrested in Bensalem this year\ud83d\udea8Police say arrests linked to online sex solicitations and child…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":{"0":"post-4213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bensalem","8":"tag-bensalem","9":"tag-bensalem-headlines","10":"tag-bensalem-news","11":"tag-bensalem-township"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213","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=4213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}