A 19-year-old Dillsburg man faces child pornography, bestiality and other associated charges for allegedly coercing a 16-year-old to send him videos of her performing lewd acts, including one involving a dog, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.
Landon Matthew Cole, of the first block of Old Cabin Hollow Road, was arrested after the victim’s mother discovered the videos on her phone in early April, according to the complaint.
Carroll Township Police Officer Thomas Redifer III wrote in the complaint that the 16-year-old victim told him Cole pressured her into sending him the pornographic videos, allegedly telling her that if she didn’t, he would send videos she had already sent him to her mother.
Among the videos, Redifer wrote in the complaint, was one depicting a sexual act with a dog. The victim, Redifer wrote, told him “that this was the most requested action by Cole.”
The victim allegedly told Redifer “she felt felt very uncomfortable and disgusted doing the actions, taking the videos, and sending the videos.” She said Cole threatened “to call the cops on her if she would notsend him the videos,” according to the complaint.
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Redifer wrote he found 13 sexually explicit videos of the victim on Cole’s phone.
Redifer wrote that Cole told him that the videos were the victim’s “idea.” He told the officer that he did request them but never pressured her to produce them.
Cole was released on $50,000 unsecured bail.
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