A Lancaster County Probation and Parole Officer, who had previously resided in Manor Township, was charged last Friday with possessing child pornography images and videos.

Deric P. Lilly, 45 previously of the 300 block of W. Charlotte Street and now living in Delaware, was charged with four felony counts of possessing child pornography and two felony counts of criminal use of a communication facility.

Lancaster County Detectives received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding an account that was used to upload digital files depicting sexually abused children.

The cybertip identified 22 file uploads that occurred between April 16 and April 18, 2022.

Detectives utilized the IP address given to the device used to make these uploads and traced the internet account information back to Lilly.

Examination of the files revealed four digital images depicting nude children, under the age of 18, engaging in a prohibited sexual act; 11 digital videos depicting nude children, under the age of 18, engaging in a prohibited sexual act which involved indecent contact; three digital videos depicting nude children, under the age of 18, engaging in a prohibited sexual act; three digital images of suspected child erotica.

On October 7, 2022, detectives served a search warrant on Lilly at his place of employment, the Lancaster County Adult Probation and Parole Services on 40 E. King Street. Two Apple iPhones and an iPad Pro were located and seized, which contained the child pornography. The illegal images and videos were found on Lilly’s personal devices and were not on any work-related devices issued by the County.

Lilly admitted to downloading the photos and videos in subsequent interviews with detectives and acknowledged the downloading of the images and videos took place at his Manor Township residence.

Lilly is presumed innocent and free on $75,000 unsecured bail.

Lancaster County Detective Brendan McAnally filed charges, which were approved by ADA Janie Swinehart.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sean McBryan, semcbryan@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @SeanMcBryanLanc.