In 2021, Bensalem Police arrested Kevin Nguyen, 29, and charged him with Possession of Child Pornography. Nguyen pleaded guilty and served time in the Bucks County Correctional Facility and was registered as a Tier 1 Sex Offender for a period of 15 years. After serving his sentence, he was released.
In June of this year, Bensalem Police received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC.) The tip stated that an IMVU user was messaging the account of a 13-year-old female with various sexually explicit messages. IMVU is a social media app where users create a character or "Avatar" and interact with each other in a virtual environment. The messages were very graphic, stating that he wanted to have sexual intercourse with the juvenile and commit various other sexual acts on her.
Bensalem Police traced the source of the IMVU user's account to Kevin Nguyen's residence in Bensalem Township. A search warrant was obtained for the residence on Cricket Lane. During the execution of the search warrant, Kevin Nguyen admitted to sending graphic messages to the juvenile in IMVU. He also told investigators that he used another social media app, Discord, to engage in sexually explicit messaging relationships with underage females. A search of that app revealed an extensive messaging relationship with a 14-year-old female where they discussed having sexual intercourse in graphic detail and sharing sexually explicit images with each other.
Kevin Nguyen was charged with Unlawful Contact with a Minor, Sexual Abuse of Children, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility (all felonies), and a misdemeanor charge of Corruption of Minors. On Monday, October 21, 2024, Kevin Nguyen turned himself in on the arrest warrant, was arraigned by District Justice Michael Gallagher, and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $500,000 bail.