A former Philadelphia police officer is accused of sexually abusing young girls and threatening witnesses. District Attorney Larry Krasner fears there could be more victims.
"Following execution of several search warrants, DA Detectives recovered from accounts and devices associated with the defendant electronic messages of a sexual nature with girls, electronic messages of a menacing and threatening nature with witnesses, and attempts to fabricate criminal allegations against witnesses and to hack into their social media accounts," the news release from the DA's office said.
A Philadelphia public school was involved as well, Krasner said, but he didn't name the school due to the ongoing investigation. He did, however, say that the DA's office has reached out to the School District of Philadelphia and the teacher's union to fill them in on the investigation.The DA didn't reveal any more specifics about the allegations against Heron.
"There are few crimes more corrosive to public safety and community trust in institutions than witness intimidation, harassment, and retaliation," Krasner said a in news release."The allegations against former Officer Patrick Heron are among the most alarming, sensitive, and serious that detectives and prosecutors in my administration have investigated."