The New Pornographers’ Joe Seiders Arrested for Alleged Baby Porn, Molestation

The drummer for The New Pornographers appears to be residing as much as the identify of his rock band … he is been arrested for allegedly possessing baby porn.

Joseph Seiders was taken into custody final week and booked into jail in Riverside County, California for alleged possession of kid pornography, annoying/molesting a toddler, invasion of privateness, and tried invasion of privateness. Seiders posed for a frowning mugshot with grey stubble on his face.

Based on officers … On April 7, an 11-year-old boy instructed sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of suspicious exercise {that a} man had used his cellular phone to report him utilizing the toilet at a enterprise in Palm Desert, California.

Two days later, the sheriff’s division says, an worker on the identical enterprise reported a person was getting into and exiting the restroom with underage boys. The Desert Solar newspaper experiences the placement is a Chick-fil-A restaurant.

Suspicious, the employee known as the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace and deputies shortly responded, arresting Seiders earlier than executing search warrants on his house, car and cellular phone.

Deputies allegedly recovered proof that implicates Seiders in alleged crimes.

The New Pornographers launched a press release … “Everybody within the band is totally shocked, horrified and devastated by the information of the fees towards Joe Seiders — and we now have instantly severed all ties with him. Our hearts exit to everybody who has been impacted by his actions.”