Brian Groo arrested: Horsham man accused of raping 10-month-old boy and distributing child pornography

HORSHAM, Pa. (WPVI) — A Horsham, Montgomery County man is facing multiple charges Thursday evening, including rape of a child.

Police arrested 24-year-old Brian Groo on Wednesday after a cyber tip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.

The agency said two videos of apparent child sexual abuse, including a video of the sexual abuse of a young boy, were uploaded to the messaging platform ‘Kik’.

Investigators say they traced the username “Zenshadowsol” and IP address to Groo’s home, where they found a hidden cell phone containing material allegedly related to the cyber tip. It was determined that the video involving the boy was a 10-month-old baby that the suspect had access to, investigators said.

Groo is charged with rape of a child, involuntary deviation from sexual intercourse, indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of children, photographing/filming/depicting on a computer sexual acts of children, distributing photos/videos of sexual acts by children and other costs.

He is being held on $2 million bail.