North Beth Man Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case

A North Bethlehem Township man who was charged with 500 counts of child pornography and 11 other felonies pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday. Dennis Shrader, 58 will spend the next 6-15 years in state prison. Shrader pleaded guilty to three charges of photographing or depicting a sex act on a computer and one charge of child pornography. The three photography charges carry a 1-2 year sentence each to be served consecutively and the child pornography charge carries a consecutive 3-9 year sentence. Shrader will also have to register as a sex offender for the next 25 years. In August of 2021, state police followed up on a tip from the software company Synchronoss that someone uploaded a child pornography image to their cloud-based account. More complaints were filed a year later and police determined the account belonged to Shrader. A warranted police search of Shrader’s home found several devices containing child pornography. Shrader admitted to producing the clips. Shrader will be sent to SCI Camp Hill for processing.