Extraordinarily bleak information tonight: Joseph Seiders, drummer for the New Pornographers, has been arrested for possession of kid pornography.
As reported by Palm Desert, CA information station KESQ, Seiders, who lives in Palm Desert, was booked into the John Benoit Detention Heart in Indio on April 9 and charged with possession of kid pornography, annoying/molesting a baby, invasion of privateness, and tried invasion of privateness.
KESQ and the Riverside County Sherriff’s Workplace clarify that on April 7, officers responded to a report from an 11-year-old boy who claimed an unknown man recorded him on a mobile phone whereas he was utilizing the restroom at a Chick-Fil-A on Dinah Shore Drive. On April 9, an worker on the similar location reported {that a} man was coming into and exiting the restroom with juvenile males. Officers arrived on the scene and took Seiders into custody, believing him to even be the person from the earlier incident.
Upon Seiders’ arrest, search warrants have been issued for his dwelling, car, and mobile phone. Officers say they discovered proof implicating Seiders within the Chick-Fil-A rest room incidents and additional crimes, together with possession of kid pornography. He’s being held on the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in lieu of $1 million bail and is because of seem on the Indio Larson Justice Heart on Tuesday.
Seiders, 44, joined the New Pornographers in 2014. The band existed for 17 years earlier than he joined and, regardless of the identify, has nothing to do with pornography. It’s a really unlucky coincidence.
UPDATE: The New Pornographers have issued an announcement on their Instagram account, which reads as follows: “Everybody within the band is totally shocked, horrified and devastated by the information of the fees in opposition to Joe Seiders — and we now have instantly severed all ties with him. Our hearts exit to everybody who has been impacted by his actions.”
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