A Bensalem man previously convicted on child porn charges is in police custody for a second time in three years and this time the consequences are going to be far worse for the suspect.
Kevin Nguyen was charged with felony counts of unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children, criminal use of a communication facility , and a misdemeanor charge of corruption of minors. On Monday he turned himself in on the arrest warrant, was arraigned by District Justice Michael Gallagher and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $500,000 bail, police said.
According to police, a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said a IMVU user was messaging the account of a 13-year-old female with various sexually explicit messages. IMVU is a social media app where users create a character or “Avatar” and interact with each other in a virtual environment. The messages were very graphic, stating that he wanted to have sexual intercourse with the juvenile and commit various other sexual acts on her. Bensalem Police traced the source of the IMVU user’s account to Kevin Nguyen’s residence in Bensalem Township
A search warrant was obtained for the residence on Cricket Lane, police said, and during the warrant execution Nguyen admitted to sending graphic messages to the juvenile in IMVU. He also told investigators that he used another social media app, Discord, to engage in sexually explicit messaging relationships with underage females. A search of that app revealed an extensive messaging relationship with a 14-year-old female where they discussed having sexual intercourse in graphic detail and sharing sexually explicit images with each other, Bensalem authorities said.
In 2021, Nguyen, 29, was charged him with possession of child pornography. Nguyen pleaded guilty and served time in the Bucks County Correctional Facility and is registered as a Tier 1 Sex Offender which was supposed to last for a period of 15 years. He was granted immediate parole, according to court records, because he spent a little more than a year in jail prior to entering a guilty plea. He completed community supervision one year later.
Nguyen’s next appearance in court is on Nov 6.
