School Bus Driver Arrested For Possession Of Child Porn

October 1, 2022 3:49 am

A Washington County man is accused of making and possessing 500 files of child porn. Fifty-six-year-old Dennis Shrader of North Bethlehem Township, a bus driver for the Bentworth School District was arrested after state police searched his house Tuesday. State police say they received multiple tips from a software company called Synchronoss, saying someone was uploading child porn to its account. Synchronoss was able to give the uploaded files to the police for an investigation. Court documents said the account contained files of toddlers and toddlers being abused. Police also found explicit photos of females between the ages of 8 and 15 years old and said the phone number attached to the account belonged to Shrader. After receiving a subpoena, authorities conducted a search of his house. During the search, a laptop was found, which contained the files attached to the Synchronoss tips. Police said Shrader admitted to possessing child pornography and to taking photographs and videos of an underage female. They say Shrader told them he was the only person who used the laptop. Shrader is currently being held at the Washington County Jail and is expected to have a preliminary hearing on Oct. 5.