Ex-Bristol officer, school security guard arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material

Former police officer, school security guard charged with possession ofsexual abuse material

A Bristol Township man with a former background in law enforcement is facing child sexual abuse material charges.

BRISTOL, Pa. - A former Bristol Township police officer and school security guard is accused of possessing child sexual abuse materials. 

David Jayne, 63, was arrested after a child exploitation investigation uncovered years of alleged possession of illicit materials. 

What we know:

Investigators were alerted on Tuesday by an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force about a suspected image of child sexual abuse material they believe was linked to Jayne. 

Authorities arrested 63-year-old David Jayne at his home.

He is charged with possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility.

Bail was set at $50,000. A law enforcement official said Jayne posted bail late this evening but had not been released yet. The condition of bail is that he cannot have contact with minors. Jayne has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 6th.

"During the search and subsequent forensic examination, investigators uncovered evidence indicating a history spanning approximately 20 years involving the possession of child sexual abuse material," Bristol Township police reported Friday.

Jayne was an officer with the Bristol Township Police Department from 1989 to 2000, according to investigators. After his departure from the department, he was a school security officer in the Bristol Township School District. 

Investigators say they currently have no information that leads them to believe there are any victims in Bristol Township schools. Anyone with information about Jayne is encouraged to come forward.

What they're saying:

Bristol Township Police Chief C.J. Winik called the investigation into Jayne "deeply disturbing."

"This is a deeply disturbing investigation, and there is no place for it in our society," Chief Winik said. "This is a growing trend in our communities, and these actors need to be investigated and pursued relentlessly."

"It's disturbing knowing that he's been doing that for 20 years. Very disturbing," said a neighbor who did not want to give her name.

 "I was like my gosh. He is out there in his yard working all the time, music playing, never bothered anybody that I know of but now I know. It is not good," she said.

"It's sickening. It really is because there is a lot of kids on this street," said the neighbor.

"Give him the full count. I mean he deserves it. It is a shame," said the neighbor.

Another neighbor who does not want to be identified said, "He was a nice guy like friendly like helped you shovel your sidewalk when it snowed. It makes me really sad," she said.

Dig deeper:

 According to a police criminal complaint, on or about April 20th, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office began investigating a cyber tip that came into the National Center for Missing and Exploited children. The tip was that a computer/electronic device user uploaded a child sexual abuse material file through their Bing visual search platform.

On Friday, investigators executed a search warrant at Jayne's home. They say he was interviewed and admitted to "accessing and viewing child sexual abuse material and that he had been viewing such material for approximately 20 years with the youngest child he had seen to be approximately two years of age.

 The document also states that Jayne's desktop computer was found to have material on it showing minors in states of undress and engaged in sexual actus and that his Edge browser history included artifacts consistent with the cyber tip.