by Alex Lloyd Gross
According to Bensalem Twp. Police, 53 year old Eric Karch of Jenkintown was on a dati9ng app when he came across a 13 year old girl who said she was from Bensalem, which is pretty close. Instead of ignoring her profile, police said Karch messaged her and turned the conversation sexual.
He knew she was 13 and in middle school. At least that is what he was told on the dating app. In reality, the girl was an undercover detective from Bensalem. Karch told the girl to sleep naked and send him naked photos .
According to police, The conversation continued the following week when Eric Karch requested to meet the 13-year-old for a sexual encounter and then asked again for nude photographs. He continued to describe all of the sexual acts he wanted to perform on her in explicit detail and told her that he wanted her to call him “daddy” while she performed sexual acts on him.
Karch could not contain himself and boarded a SEPTA bus to Bensalem to meet his underage lover. He was arrested a few minutes after he stepped off the buys. When he was searched, police found condoms Karch was then arraigned on charges of . Attempted Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Unlawful Contact with a Minor, Sexual Abuse of Children/Photo, Corruption of Minors, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, and related offenses. Eric Karch was arraigned by District Justice Joseph Falcone and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $10,000,000 bail.