An Upper Southampton Township man was sentenced to the maximum possible county prison term on Friday, June 6, 2026, after using the popular online gaming platform Roblox to target, manipulate, and exploit young girls. 

President Judge Raymond F. McHugh sentenced Alec James Magill, 32, to one year less a day to two years less a day at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, followed by a consecutive two-year term of probation. Magill previously entered an open guilty plea to all charges on March 16, 2026. 

Prior to sentencing, Judge McHugh was presented with a deeply emotional victim impact statement from the mother of a 13-year-old victim. In her statement, the mother detailed the lingering trauma inflicted on her family, noting that her daughter now lives in a constant state of fear and anxiety, afraid to be alone. 

Despite implementing every safety precaution recommended by law enforcement, the mother said Magill still managed to bypass those defenses by exploiting online games and friend groups. 

"Everything this predator did was calculated and premeditated," she stated, describing the behavior as a deep-seated evil. "He is a risk to public safety and always will be.” 

Assistant District Attorney Ishmael Gbassagee emphasized the severe emotional toll and long-term harm caused by Magill's deceptive, predatory behavior, arguing that the defendant didn’t just stumble upon these victims - he actively hunted for them. 

“Children don’t go on Roblox to make contact with people who prey on them,” Gbassagee told Judge McHugh. 

Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan commended the collaborative law enforcement effort required to bring the predator to justice. 

“This predator weaponized platforms meant for children to hunt and exploit young girls, bypassing even the best parental safety measures," DA Khan said. "Thanks to the work of the Bucks County Detectives, the Upper Southampton Police Department, and Assistant District Attorney Ishmael Gbassagee, he was stripped of his anonymity and held fully accountable. We will continue to use the full authority of this office to protect our children from online threats like this.” 

Upper Southampton authorities echoed the vital importance of multi-agency cooperation in protecting youth from online predators. 

“The Upper Southampton Police Department appreciates the continued partnership with the District Attorney’s Office and remains committed to investigating crimes involving the exploitation of minors and online safety concerns,” Upper Southampton Police Chief Dominic Varacallo said. 

The investigation began in January 2025 when the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office received a referral from the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding an adult male in Bucks County communicating with a 13-year-old girl in Tennessee. 

Investigators determined that Magill utilized Roblox under the username “instantclassic9” and the encrypted messaging application Telegram to pose as a teenager. Through these platforms, Magill solicited explicit photographs from the victim and engaged in sexually explicit communications. 

Following a forensic extraction of Magill’s cellular device by Bucks County Detectives and the Upper Southampton Township Police Department, authorities uncovered an additional deleted messaging thread consisting of nearly 3,000 messages with a 16-year-old female victim from North Carolina. The recovered data revealed that Magill coerced the second victim into producing and transmitting explicit videos and photographs, and that he transmitted an explicit image of himself to the minor. 

During an interview with detectives in February 2025, Magill admitted to pretending to be a teenager online, soliciting the explicit material, and communicating with multiple minor victims, according to the criminal complaint.  

Magill pleaded guilty to felony counts of sexual abuse of children, possession of child abuse material, unlawful contact with a minor, dissemination of explicit sexual material to a minor, unlawful contact with a minor – obscene performances, and criminal use of a communication facility.  

The case was investigated by Bucks County Detective Eric Landamia, a member of the Pennsylvania Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and a Task Force Officer with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Against Children Division, and Detective James Schirmer of the Upper Southampton Township Police Department. Assistant District Attorney Ishmael Gbassagee prosecuted the case.  

Media Contact: Manuel Gamiz Jr., 215.348.6298, mgamiz@buckscounty.org