Whitemarsh man admits to possessing child porn
NORRISTOWN » A Whitemarsh Township man admitted to charges that he possessed child pornography, which authorities alleged included sexual-related images of girls under the age of 12.
Jorvan Axel RamosMartinez, 23, of the 800 block of East Elm Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to felony charges of possessing child pornography in connection with incidents that occurred in September 2020.
The open plea means Ramos-Martinez has no deals with prosecutors regarding his potential sentence.
Judge Henry S. Hilles III deferred sentencing so that court officials can complete a presentence investigation report about Ramos-Martinez, which will include a psychosexual evaluation and a sexually violent predator assessment.
Ramos-Martinez, who remains in the county jail without bail pending sentencing, faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison on the charges. However, state sentencing guidelines could allow for a lesser sentence.
Regardless his eventual sentence, Ramos-Martinez will face a 15-year requirement to report his address to state police in order to comply with Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act.
Assistant District Attorney Caroline Goldstein is prosecuting the case. Defense lawyer Brendan Campbell represents Ramos-Martinez.
An investigation began in November 2020 when county detectives received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the upload of 47 digital files containing suspected child pornography to a Dropbox account linked to Ramos-Martinez’s email address on Sept. 15, according to a criminal complaint. All 47 images depicted girls, between the ages of infancy and 8, involved in sexual acts or poses, according to the arrest affidavit.
County detectives obtained subscriber information for the internet account and along with police went to Ramos-Martinez’s residence with a search warrant on Nov. 24. Ramos-Martinez was at the residence and during an interview by detectives admitted to downloading child pornography files to his Dropbox account, according to the arrest affidavit filed by county Detective Kathleen Kelly.
Ramos-Martinez admitted to viewing the files “on more than one occasion” and that he was the only person who had access to his Dropbox account, Kelly alleged.
When detectives reviewed the contents of the Dropbox account they found 662 digital files that depicted underage girls involved in sexual acts or poses, according to court documents.
Officials said county detectives, along with specially trained and sworn detectives from police departments countywide, routinely work with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to protect children from predators by aggressively and proactively investigating internet crimes that exploit children.