A former Democratic mayor of University Park, Maryland, is now facing more than 20 charges after FBI investigators uncovered 45,000 files containing child sexual abuse images on his electronic devices.
Joel Biermann, 46, has been charged with 22 counts of possessing child pornography and six more felony charges related to distribution and solicitation.
Bierman served as University Park’s Mayor from 2022 through June of 2024.
As reported Biermann solicited images and videos while serving as mayor.
Charging documents further revealed authorities discovered a young boy’s underwear in his office while executing a search warrant.
As reported by WTOP:
The former mayor of University Park, Maryland, is facing dozens of charges after FBI investigators said they found 45,000 files depicting suspected child sexual abuse on his devices.
Joel Biermann, 46, was charged with 22 counts of possessing child sexual abuse images, along with several other related charges, this week. He served as the Prince Georgeโs County townโs mayor from 2022 through June 2024.
Investigators said he produced, distributed and knowingly possessed images and videos of children being sexually abused. Some of the allegations overlapped with his time as mayor.
When law enforcement searched his home Monday, they located electronic devices with tens of thousands of files containing abusive materials, according to charging documents.
Some of those file names listed childrenโs race and age, with the youngest listed being 2 years old. Several were explicitly labeled with the terms โrape,โ others mentioned torture or bondage.
Biermannโs arrest comes just a year after College Park’s Democrat mayor, Patrick Wojahn, was sentenced to a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
Biermann has previously shown his support for the Biden-Harris administration.
On Biermann’s Facebook page, he shared a link showing that he donated to the Biden-Harris campaign.
He also wrote a post that read “F Trump.”
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