CSAM charges held over for Cumbola man
PORT CARBON— A Cumbola man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on various charges including possessing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).
The case advances to the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas.
State police charged Gary Jon Hysock Jr., 36, with possessing CSAM.
Police charged Hysock Dec.10 with felony CSAM and criminal use of a communications facility.
He initially denied viewing CSAM when asked by police. Law enforcement received information via social media chat applications MeetMe and KIK that were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The email address used for both accounts was associated with Hysock, police said. Breezeline, the internet service provider, was served an administrative subpoena and complied.
Ten files were uploaded to KIK using the email address associated with Hysock between April 4 and April 12, 2024, and the same address also was used June 16, 2024, in discussing sexual fantasies, according to police.
On Dec. 9, Magisterial District Judge David Plachko, Port Carbon, approved a search warrant for an address in the 100 block of Cumbola, which was served Tuesday.
Hysock told police he owned a phone but denied knowing what KIK is, and stated he hadn't used the application MeetMe in years.
An investigation of his phone yielded, among other things, the email address in question, according to police.
During a later interview, Hysock admitted he received CSAM, according to police.
Plachko arraigned Hysock on $150,000 straight cash bail previously, which he was unable to post. He was remanded to Schuylkill County Prison; however, and bail was later posted on his behalf.
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