Milford, Pa.-Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced the sentence of a Pike County man for multiple offenses against children. Juan Torres Alvarado, age 73, of Blooming Grove Township, previously entered a plea of no contest to the crimes of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, two counts of Unlawful Contact with a Minor, and a count of Corruption of Minors, and Indecent Assault, all felonies. President Judge Gregory H. Chelak sentenced Torres Alvarado to a total sentence of not less than 56 months, nor more than 23 years followed by a 3-year consecutive term of probation supervision and a fine of $3,000.00.

According to the affidavit of probable cause supporting the charges, Detectives at the District Attorney’s Office obtained information from a Childline report. As part of investigation, investigators conducted forensic interviews of two children at Dickson House Children’s Advocacy Center. One minor reported that Torres Alvarado would make them watch pornography videos with him and the other minor reported that Torres Alvarado had put his hands on his genital’s multiple times at sleepovers. Detectives at the District Attorney’s Office obtained a search warrant for Torres Alvarado’s cellular phone, tablet, two laptops, an HP computer tower and the external hard drive. Upon obtaining this search warrant, Detectives found multiple webpages containing several sexualized photos of prepubescent boys, along with links to a website known to contain child sexual abuse material.

After a hearing with expert testimony from the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board member, President Judge Chelak designated Torress-Alvarado as a sexually violent predator under Pennsylvania’s Megan’s Law.  He will remain registered for life. Torres Alvarado has been held at Pike County Correctional Facility and will now be transferred to a state correctional facility to begin serving his sentence. 

District Attorney Tonkin credited the hard work of the detectives in his office along with the support of the professionals at Dickson House for gathering the evidence in this case that led to the conviction and sentence of this individual.  Tonkin stated: “Child abuse cases are best solved through a fast response to a child line report and cooperation among all persons involved. A result like this protects children from any further destruction inflicted by this sexually violent predator.”

If anyone has any information child exploitation, please contact the Pike County District Attorney’s Office – Criminal Investigation Division at 570-296-3482 or submit a tip at  https://pike.crimewatchpa.com/da/279691/webforms/submit-tip