A Broomall man entered no-contest pleas Monday to one count each of possessing child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility, closing out a case that began when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from Kik/Media about files uploaded on the messaging app Kik. The IP investigation led authorities to his street. Joshua P. Dunn had originally faced 20 counts of each charge following his arrest in August 2025.
Dunn entered his pleas before Common Pleas Court Judge Mary Alice Brennan, according to a report from the Delco Times. The newspaper reports the possession charge was classified as a second-degree felony and the communication-facility charge as a third-degree felony. That reported grading differs from the general rule in Pennsylvania's state law: a first offense is generally graded as a third-degree felony, but can be graded as a second-degree felony if indecent contact is depicted or the child is under 10 or prepubescent. A second or subsequent offense is also graded as a second-degree felony. No court docket or plea transcript was available to independently reconcile the discrepancy.
Dunn, who is represented by defense counsel Brian Malloy, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in January before Magisterial District Judge Andrew Goldberg, agreeing to send all charges to county court without contesting them at that stage. Assistant District Attorney Bryan Barth is prosecuting the case, per the same Delco Times account.
How the Investigation Traced Files to a Broomall Street
The case originated when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from Kik/Media on July 31, 2024, flagging an uploaded file that allegedly depicted a nude female approximately 12 to 14 years old engaged in sexual intercourse, the station's report states. Kik/Media later reported eight additional suspected files uploaded from the same internet protocol address on April 15, 2025, followed by two more on April 23, 2025. Investigators said each file had been uploaded under a different username, but all of them traced back to the same unique IP address.
Delaware County Detective Thomas Schreiber, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children task force, filed the affidavit of probable cause in the case, per the same account. Investigators subpoenaed Verizon in June 2025 for the identity of the customer assigned to that IP address, and the carrier's records pointed to a home in the first block of Cambridge Road in Broomall. PennDOT records showed two adults lived at that address.
Search Warrant Turns Up Hidden Folder on Dunn's Phone
Investigators served a search warrant at the Cambridge Road home on July 2, 2025, finding two adults and two children present. A woman at the home turned over her electronic devices, which investigators determined were free of child sexual abuse material, the report notes. Three phones and multiple other electronic devices were taken from Dunn at the same time.
One of the phones taken from Dunn had the Kik application installed, though it was not signed into any account. An iPhone 16 Pro Max found in his pocket contained a hidden folder with multiple files, including a 30-second video showing two teenage girls in a shower; metadata on that video indicated it had been downloaded from the Kik app, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
Sentencing Set for February, Pending Evaluation
Dunn remains free on $200,000 unsecured bail. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 11, pending completion of a presentence investigation and an evaluation by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, the Delco Times reports.
National data show a sharp rise in reports concerning online enticement. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says its CyberTipline received 1.4 million reports concerning online enticement in 2025, a 158% increase from the year before, and that reports from electronic service providers contained 61.8 million images, videos and other files. More than 53,000 of those reports were escalated as urgent or involving a child believed to be in imminent danger, according to the organization.
Pennsylvania law defines child sexual abuse material broadly, covering any depiction of a person under 18 engaging in a prohibited sexual act or its simulation, according to the state statute. The Delco Times reported that Dunn had waived his preliminary hearing on the original 20 counts each of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility, all felonies.
