JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) — On August 6, 2014, Punxsutawney Borough Police Department arrested a 34-year-old man on charges of Child Pornography.

According to a criminal complaint issued on August 6, officials issued a summons for 34-year-old Allen James Pierce charging him with 100 counts of Child Pornography.

On May 4, 2014, Officer Zeitler, along with Officer Welsh, took a call to respond to Oakland Avenue, in the borough of Punxsutawney. The call was in reference to some CD’s that the caller found. Upon arrival, the officers spoke with two known individuals. One of the individuals told the officers that he had been running some wires in the attic and had moved some insulation above the staircase and found the CD’s in question. The other individual had viewed one of the CD’s and found there to be child pornography on it and called the police. She told the officers the name of the individual who previously occupied the house.

When the officers returned to the police station, they viewed some of the CD’s and discovered multiple child pornographic pictures and movies.

Officer Zeitler called the previous owner of the house in question. That individual stated he sold the house and that he found some pornographic images of children when he was cleaning out the attic. He said he destroyed the images. The previous owner gave Officer Zeitler the name of the individual who occupied the house prior to being sold.

When Zeitler interviewed the previous occupant, it was discovered that Allen Pierce allegedly lived in the attic, and there was evidence that one of the CD’s allegedly belonged to Pierce.

On May 21, 2014, Officer Zeitler responded to the Indiana County Jail and interviewed Pierce. Pierce allegedly admitted that the CD’s were his and said the reason that they were still in the house was because he could not get back into the house to get them after he moved out.

Pierce allegedly explained that he placed messages on a message board for the images and movies, and people would send them to him. He had used sites such as limewire, bearshare, and Ares. He also allegedly stated that he has never molested a child nor has made any “home movies” with children, and that all movies and images are from downloads from a computer.

Zeitler questioned him about why he would have these types of things, and Pierce allegedly told him that he was molested when he was younger but could not remember who the females were. He does recall them being the babysitters.

Zietler reviewed the found CD’s and determined there was a very large amount of illegal pictures and movies that depict children and juveniles under the age of 18 years old. They are engaged in the act of sex or depicting the simulation of the act of a sexual nature. Zeitler also reviewed two movies that depict a juvenile female who was engaging in beastility, as well.

After reviewing the evidence, Zietler filed an Affidavit of Probable Cause, and a summons was issued for Pierce.

He faces 100 counts of Sexual Abuse of Children — Possession Of Child Pornography, a Felony 2 offense.

A Preliminary Hearing is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on September 10 in front of Magisterial District Judge Douglas Robert Chambers.