Press Release – Case # 25-011965

April 3, 2025

Arrest for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

On March 20, 2025, the Abington Township Police Department was contacted by a private business in reference to a male, identified as Barry Sussmann, who had uploaded Child Sexual Abuse Material to their server.  Members of the Abington Township Police Department’s Special Victims Unit were contacted and investigated this allegation.

On April 3, 2025, Abington Detectives contacted Sussmann at his residence on the 1800 block of Carmel Place in the Maple Glen Section of Upper Dublin Township.  Detectives interviewed Sussman who admitted to transferring the above stated image to the business in Abington Township and possessing multiple other images of Child Sexual Abuse Material. Sussmann was taken into custody at that time and multiple electronic storage devices were taken from his residence to be forensically examined.

Sussmann was charged with multiple offenses to include Felony Sexual Abuse of Children (Possessing child sexual abuse material) and Criminal Use of Communication Facility.  He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Levine (38-1-28) who set bail at $100,000 (10%).  As part of his bail conditions, he was ordered to have no unsupervised contact with minors and no internet usage. Sussmann satisfied this bail and was released.

Barry Sussmann

The investigation for this case is still ongoing.  If anyone has any additional information regarding this investigation or believes that they may have been a victim of Barry Sussmann, they are asked to contact Detective Jeff Anderson (267-536-1102, janderson@abingtonpa.gov) or Detective Alison Gontowski (267-536-1113, agontowski@abingtonpa.gov) of the Abington Police Special Victim’s Unit.

CRIMINAL CHARGES, AND ANY DISCUSSION THEREOF, ARE MERELY ALLEGATIONS AND ALL DEFENDANTS ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.

Approved for release by Lt. Kevin Magee