A 22-year-old New Britain Borough man pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to child pornography after Bucks County detectives used a Snapchat tip to trace child sexual abuse material back to his account.

Devin Albert Wood, of the 4100 block of Landisville Road, entered his plea Thursday in Bucks County Common Pleas Court on charges of possession of child pornography and criminal use of a communications device. He faces sentencing Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Wood remains free on $50,000 unsecured bail. He is represented by Trevose attorney Paul Lang.

How the investigation unfolded

The case began May 27, 2025, when Bucks County detectives received a CyberTipline alert from Snapchat reporting that a user had saved and shared child sexual abuse material on Jan. 30, 2025. The material depicted three videos of prepubescent females, according to Central Bucks Now, which reported on the case using public court records.

Snapchat provided the account's email address and username, which detectives linked to Wood. A subpoena to Comcast for IP address records pointed to a home on the 100 block of Carousel Circle in New Britain Borough. AT&T records for the phone number tied to the CyberTip also listed Wood's residence as the billing address.

The Carousel Circle address turned out to belong to a friend of Wood's. That friend later contacted authorities and told police the IP address used to upload the material was listed to their mother, and that Wood had a Snapchat account that had been blocked.

Traffic stop and seizure

On Aug. 1, 2025, Plumstead Township Police stopped Wood in his car on Stony Lane at 10:08 a.m. and executed a search warrant on his phone. According to the criminal affidavit, Wood told officers he had a Snapchat account "a while ago, but not one currently." He admitted to viewing pornography but denied ever viewing child pornography, telling police "there would be nothing on his phone." Wood was told he was free to leave after the stop.

Bucks County detectives formally charged Wood on Oct. 21, 2025.

Broader context

Under Pennsylvania law, possession of child sexual abuse material depicting prepubescent children is a second-degree felony, one grade higher than the standard third-degree felony for a first offense.

The case relied on the same CyberTipline reporting system that generated more than 752,000 reports from Snapchat to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2025. U.S. technology companies are legally required to report suspected child exploitation material to NCMEC, which then routes tips to local law enforcement.

Wood's sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Bucks County Common Pleas Court. Anyone with information about online child exploitation can report tips to the NCMEC CyberTipline at CyberTipline.org or call 1-800-843-5678.