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Bethel Park Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Child Exploitation
A Bethel Park resident has been sentenced to 108 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material and possessing contraband while in pretrial detention.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Seth Hollerich, 31, was sentenced on February 19, 2026, by United States District Judge William S. Stickman IV.
Hollerich was found guilty of distributing material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, including infants and toddlers engaged in sexually explicit conduct, on two occasions in March 2021 and September 2021.
While in pretrial detention for these crimes in November 2024, Hollerich was found to be in possession of homemade shanks, which were intended to be used as weapons.
In imposing sentence, Judge Stickman stated that it was ‘hard to fathom the level of depravity it takes to find pleasure in the victimization of little children’ and explained to Hollerich that his crimes are not merely ‘virtual’ crimes, but revictimized real human beings who had already endured being victims of sexual abuse.
Assistant United States Attorneys Heidi M. Grogan and Kelly M. Locher prosecuted this case on behalf of the government. U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti commended the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Marshals Service, and Butler County Prison for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Hollerich.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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