Joseph Ibbetson, 43, of Bensalem, Pennsylvania was arrested, after police linked him to child pornography activity on the messaging app Kik.
According to Bensalem Police, on June 10, 2025, they received a Cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting that a Kik account was used in May to upload and share child pornography. Detectives reviewed the tip and found multiple files showing prepubescent females performing sex acts with adult males, as well as sexual conversations with users who claimed to be underage females.
Investigators traced the account to Ibbetson, obtained a search warrant for his residence on Bristol Road, and made contact with him. He admitted to using the account to trade child pornography.
He was taken into custody and charged with Sexual Abuse of Children (Dissemination of Material), Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, and related charges. He was arraigned by District Justice Joseph Falcone and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $2,000,000 bail.
