HONESDALE - Wayne County District Attorney A.G. Howell announced on December 13, 2024,  the arrest of 39-year-old Anthony Gately of Starlight PA. Gately faces charges including counts of Child Pornography – videoing and possessing, Corruption of Minors, Criminal use of a communication facility, dissemination and possession of sexually explicit materials, and indecent exposure.

 The investigation began in October 2024 after the state police received a complaint that a 13-year-old minor child received and sent concerning, and criminal messages, photographs, as well as videos with Gately. The messages were sexually explicit and pornographic. Gately sent to the minor child pornographic photographs and videos of both himself and others. The investigation is ongoing. 

Gately was arrested and appeared before a Magisterial District Judge for a preliminary arraignment, where bail was set at $50,000.00. He was remanded to the Wayne County Correctional Facility. Gately’s next court appearance is set for December 18, 2024.

The filing of criminal charges is not evidence of guilt but simply a description of the charge made by the Commonwealth against a defendant. A charged Defendant is presumed innocent until a jury returns a unanimous finding that the Commonwealth has proven the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt or until the defendant enters a guilty plea to the charges.