WILKES-BARRE — A man from Pittston admitted in Luzerne County Court to downloading and having child sexual abuse materials.
David Papiesz, 49, of Riverview Manor, admitted to 100 counts of child pornography before Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr.
Detectives with the Luzerne County district attorney’s office and Wyoming Area Regional Police investigated Cyber tips that an email registered to Papiesz was used to download child sexual abuse materials.
A search warrant was served at Papiesz residence on Feb. 20.
Papiesz confessed during an interview with detectives he has viewed child sexual abuse materials “for far too long,” and had hundreds of images and screen shots saved on computers inside his residence, according to court records.
Papiesz is still in jail at the county correctional facility for lack of $250,000 bail and is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 2.
