A Huntingdon Valley Man Is Likely Heading To Prison For Possessing Child Pornography

LOWER MORELAND, PA — A local man has been sentenced to time in the county prison after admitting that he possessed pornographic images involving children.

Peter Matthew Kostka, 26, of the Huntingdon Valley section of Lower Moreland Township, was given six to 23 months in jail after pleading guilty to multiple child porn possession felony charges, according to state court records.

Records show that Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Risa Vetri Ferman handed down the sentence on Tuesday after Kostka entered his guilty plea.

The judge ordered that the sentences given out for the multiple criminal violations be carried out concurrently.

Ferman also gave Kostka four years of probation after his release from prison.

Kostka will also have to register with authorities as a sexual offender in Pennsylvania.

According to an article in the Mercury newspaper of Pottstown, the investigation into Kostka's activities began back in March 2020 when law enforcement received a cyber tip from the social media company Snapchat about a file uploaded to the site that purported to contain child pornography.

The file, according to the newspaper account, seemed to depict two girls around 10 years old who were engaged in sexual acts or poses.

After obtaining a search warrant, the Mercury reported, investigators seized electronic items from Kostka's home and ultimately determined that the devices contained 128 still images and six videos that depicted child pornography.