Arrests

Image for Erkert, Joseph   - MANUFACTURING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL and 3 additional charges
Arrest
Jul 1, 2026
Milford, Pa .-Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced charges against a Dingmans Ferry in Pike County for numerous criminal charges regarding the sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of two minors.   In the first case, a detective from the District Attorney’s O...
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Image for Christopher, Paul Stanley  - CRIMINAL ATTEMPT TRAFFICKING IN INDIVIDUALS and 4 additional charges
Arrest
Apr 8, 2026
Milford, Pa .-Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced charges against a Honesdale resident for attempted trafficking and unlawful contact with a minor, a sixteen-year-old child.  Detectives from the District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigation Division cha...
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Image for Murphy, Christian Adam  - INDECENT ASSAULT OF A PERSON LESS THAN 13 YEARS OF AGE; CORRUPTION OF MINORS and 1 additional charge
Arrest
Mar 16, 2026
Milford, Pa .-Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced charges against a North Carolina man for indecent assault upon a minor.  Detectives from the District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigation Division charged [1] Christiam Adam Murphy, age 49, of Gastonia,...
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Image for Dalessio, John Patrick  - SEXUAL EXTORTION and 2 additional charges
Arrest
Mar 16, 2026
Milford, Pa .-Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced charges against a Pike County man for Sexual Extortion.  Detectives from the District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigation Division charged [1] John Dalessio, age 41, of Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, wit...
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