Philly man, 81, among 8 child porn arrests

PHILADELPHA (WPVI) -- The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has announced the arrests of eight men on unrelated child pornography charges, including a man from Philadelphia.

Raymond Ellis, 81, of the 9900 block of Bustleton Avenue, was arrested on Wednesday.

The A.G.'s office said agents conducted an undercover investigation and downloaded two files depicting children engaged in "sexually graphic acts and poses."

Those files, investigators said, were being shared from Ellis' computer.

Authorities searched his apartment and seized a computer which, at the time, was allegedly on and actively downloading and uploading child porn.

Ellis is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography, two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.

He is being held on $25,000 bail.

Seven others suspects, arrested after similar online investigations, were arrested across Pennsylvania.

They are identified as:

Richard Moyer Jr., 53, of Smokestown Road, Denver, Lancaster County

Maurice Brown, 53, of Highland Ave., Harrisburg, Dauphin County

Robert Kutzler, 61, of Ginger Lane, East Stroudsburg, Monroe County

Carlos Bendeck, 44, of South Bromley Ave., Apt. 1, Scranton, Lackawanna County

John O'Harra, 42, of Wilgus Road, Apt. 1, Hillsdale, Indiana County

Christian Imperial, 19, of Oneida Drive, Warren, Warren County

Darby Conover, 45, of West 23rd St., Erie.