Former Pennsylvania substitute teacher and coach arrested for alleged child sexual abuse, police said

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) – Police in Montgomery County have arrested a former substitute teacher and baseball coach on alleged child sexual abuse, human trafficking of minors and other charges.

Springfield Township police on Monday announced the arrest of Tyler Degiacomo, 33, of Oreland, who is accused of trafficking or sexually abusing at least four children in Pennsylvania and Alabama, according to the police department.

Degiacomo was formerly a substitute teacher and volunteer in the Springfield Township School District, as well as a baseball coach and umpire.

A mother contacted police in March after finding “sexual abuse material” on her daughter’s phone that had been sent to a man in his 30s, police said.

Springfield Township investigators found four victims, including two from Montgomery County, with whom Degiacomo allegedly had sexual relations, police said. Degiacomo allegedly paid another child victim in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, for sexually explicit material and coerced a victim in Houston County, Alabama, to send him “child sexual abuse material,” police said.

The suspect contacted the victims via TikTok and Snapchat, police said.

Degiacomo was arraigned on Saturday and bail was set at $500,000. He was transported to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 11.

Springfield Township Police Detectives are asking for help in identifying additional victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Stephen Craig at (215) 836-1601 x 1232.