Anthony Carr-Pierce, 38, of Philadelphia (Credit: Montgomery County District Attorney)
Detectives traced files to cell phone in county jail belonging to Anthony Carr-Pierce, police said
An inmate at Montgomery County jail accused of possessing child pornography on his cell phone while incarcerated had all 17 felonies waived for Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Friday.
In February, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Acting Police Chief James A-Angelucci announced charges against Anthony Carr-Pierce, 38, of Philadelphia.
The investigation began when Kik, a messaging application owned by Media Lab, reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that one of its users had uploaded and shared more than 60 videos that were suspected of being child sexual abuse material across three separate Kik accounts.
Members of the Montgomery County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) reviewed the videos and determined that they were child sexual abuse material. MediaLab/Kik also reported a possible sexual molestation of a child, which was discussed in a text communication between two individuals on the Kik platform, according to court documents.
Children depicted in the videos ranged in age from 2 to 14 years old, according to the court documents.
Detectives traced the IP addresses related to the email accounts used on Kik to the defendant’s cellphone. On Feb. 10, 2025, detectives served a search warrant on Carr-Pierce’s cellphone, which was seized and forensically examined. The cellphone was found to contain 114 still photos and four videos that depicted child sexual abuse material, court documents stated.
The defendant was arrested and charged with 16 felony counts of possessing child sexual abuse material and one felony count of criminal use of a communications facility.
Carr-Pierce remains jailed on $1,000,077 cash bail, set by Magisterial District Judge Maurice H. Saylor. He will be arraigned in county court on June 18.
Detectives of the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, along with specially trained and sworn detectives from police departments in Montgomery County, routinely work with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to protect children from internet predators by aggressively and proactively investigating internet crimes that exploit children.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
