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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg today from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday’s office, Sunday announced charges against two men from Western Pennsylvania regarding separate child sexual abuse material investigations, with both cases involving artificially-generated files. Sixty-two-year-old Kenneth C. Klink of Beaver Falls has charges of 66 felonies regarding possession of files, which included images he altered artificially to depict himself abusing children. The bail for Klink was set at $500,000 and he was recently arraigned. Forty-three-year-old Joshua J. Crockett of Vestaburg has charges of 33 felonies for possessing and distributing material of the sexual abuse of children, which includes one count for a file that was articifially generated. The bail for Crockett was set at $750,000 and he was also arraigned. The Child Predator Section of Sunday’s office received tips, which led to electronic devices being recovered as well as search warrants to reveal the files. Since a law went into effect in December of 2024 criminalizing the conduct of possessing artificially-generated child sexual abuse material, the office of Sunday has now given charges to six people that committed that crime.