Robert Joseph Schwabe
Credit: Newtown Township police
Investigators from the Newtown Township and Penndel Borough police departments jointly filed child pornography charges against a Morrisville man Thursday.
Robert Joseph Schwabe, 47, was arraigned Thursday by Newtown District Judge Mick Petrucci and sent to Bucks County prison on 10 percent of $300,000 bail.
According to court papers filed by Newtown Township Detective Sgt. Jason Harris and Penndel Chief Joseph Sciscio, Schwabe admitted to them he has a porn problem escalated to viewing videos of underage girls performing sex acts on themselves. He added that he would search out videos and keep the ones he “really liked.”
Police said their investigation into Schwabe began in mid-March after his Newtown Township-based employer discovered porn on his work laptop. A supervisor was walking by the 47 year old’s cubicle when he spotted Schwabe viewing porn while in the office.
The company eventually secured Schwabe’s work laptop and had a staff member examine it. On the hard drive, the employee reported finding videos that he “believed was child/underage pornography,” investigators wrote in court papers.
Sciscio examined the computer and found videos that appeared to show children engaged in sex acts. Access logs, according to court papers, indicated the work laptop was used in different locations and with various devices attached.
After Schwabe feared his company had found the illicit videos, he admitted to continuing to download child porn, including the night before police talked with him, court papers stated.
Schwabe was charged with child pornography, disseminating photos/film of child sex acts and criminal use of a communication facility.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
