HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against an 81-year-old Columbia County man regarding dozens of child sexual abuse material files found on devices at the man’s home.
Brent Vogelbacher is charged with 85 felonies, and was arraigned this week when bail was set at $50,000 cash.
The Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Section responded to a cyber tip, tracing the illegal materials to Vogelbacher’s Catawissa home. A search warrant was served there on Wednesday.
Anyone with pertinent information regarding Vogelbacher is encouraged to call 800-385-1044 and ask for Agent Hertzog.
“Our proactive investigative work to find abusers of children spans the entire Commonwealth, and makes no exceptions for age,” Attorney General Sunday said. “In this case, agents found a large volume of illegal files, each and every one depicting exploitation and abuse of children.”
The case will be prosecuted by the Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Section. Criminal charges, and any discussion thereof, are merely allegations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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