The New Pornographers drummer Joseph Seiders apparently took the band’s title approach too actually and has been arrested for alleged possession of kid pornography. Which is y’know, completely vile on each single degree.
In line with the Riverside Sheriff’s Department of Riverside, CA, suspicion initially arose when the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station have been dispatched to speak with an 11-year outdated boy on the 73000 block of Dinah Shore Drive, Palm Desert who mentioned “an unknown male grownup recorded him on a cellular phone whereas he was utilizing the restroom on the location.”
This occasion was repeated on April 9, the place an worker of the placement “said a male was getting into and exiting the restroom with juvenile males on the enterprise.” The cops confirmed up once more, recognized the man as 44-year-old Joseph Seiders of Palm Desert, and arrested him.
“The Palm Desert Station Investigations Bureau continued the investigation, serving search warrants for Seiders’ residence, car, and cellular phone,” reads the discharge from the Riverside Sheriff’s Division. “Proof was situated implicating him within the two reported incidents, together with extra crimes, together with possessing little one pornography.”
Seiders was booked into the John Benoit Detention Heart in Indio, CA for possession of kid pornography, annoying/molesting a toddler, invasion of privateness, and tried invasion of privateness.
Naturally, The New Pornographers have distanced themselves from Seiders. In a press release, the band famous: “Everybody within the band is totally shocked, horrified and devastated by the information of the costs towards Joe Seiders — and we’ve got instantly severed all ties with him. Our hearts exit to everybody who has been impacted by his actions.”
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