BENSALEM, Pa. (CBS) – Bensalem police have arrested a Pennsylvania man accused of sexually extorting nine young people in multiple states, and investigators believe there are more victims.
Police said 21-year-old Jonathan Brodecki turned himself in Thursday on multiple charges of sexual extortion.
Brodecki is alleged to have sexually extorted at least nine young people between the ages of 12 and 15 using Snapchat and Instagram.
In January, police learned of a Snapchat account with the username “jack_goodric” accused of sexually extorting a 15-year-old girl. Investigators discovered the account’s creator was Brodecki, a Bensalem resident.
Police allege Brodecki posed as a middle school or high school boy to get the teen to send him sexually explicit photos and videos. He then threatened the girl that he would post the images publicly when she tried to break off contact, police said.
Researchers identified eight other girls between the ages of 12 and 15 who were sexually extorted by the “jack_goodric” Snapchat account. Police said Brodecki posed as a 13-, 14- or 15-year-old in each incident to convince the girls to send him explicit images.
Bensalem Police Department
Police allege Brodecki also sent sexually explicit images to multiple victims. Police say he threatened at least one victim, a 13-year-old, that he would find her, rape her and post explicit images of her online.
Police later discovered, after seizing multiple electronic devices during a search warrant in March, that Brodecki also used a fictional persona on Instagram “for the same illegal purposes as the fictional Snapchat persona.”
Investigators believe no juvenile victims have yet been identified.
Brodecki was charged with sexual abuse of children, sexual extortion/distribution of images, sexual abuse of children/possession of child pornography, unlawful contact with a minor and related offenses.
A judge set bail at $5 million. According to court records, Brodecki was unable to post the required 10% bail and was booked into the Bucks County Correctional Facility on Thursday.
Bensalem Police are asking additional victims to contact Detective Ryan Kolb at 215-633-3746.
