The drummer for the Canadian rock band The New Pornographers has been charged with possession of kid pornography, annoying/molesting a baby, invasion of privateness, and tried invasion of privateness.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Division in California stated on Monday, April 7, deputies assigned to the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station had been referred to as to a enterprise within the 73000 block of Dinah Shore Drive in Palm Desert.

When deputies arrived, they spoke with an 11-year-old boy who stated an grownup man had recorded him on a cellphone whereas he was utilizing the restroom.

Two days later, on April 9, deputies obtained a second report on the identical location.

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Once they arrived, an worker instructed them a person was coming into and exiting the restroom with younger boys they usually thought he is perhaps the suspect from the earlier incident.

The deputies discovered the suspect, later recognized as 44-year-old Joseph Seiders of Palm Desert, and took him into custody.

Seiders joined the Canadian band The New Pornographers in 2014. The band shaped in 1997 in Vancouver, B.C.

In a press release on its Fb web page, the band stated they’re shocked and horrified about what has occurred and has severed all ties with Seiders instantly.

The Palm Desert Station Investigations Bureau continued the investigation, serving search warrants for Seiders’ residence, car, and cellphone.

Proof was discovered implicating him within the two reported incidents, together with further crimes resembling possessing youngster pornography.

Seiders was booked into the John Benoit Detention Heart in Indio for possession of kid pornography, annoying/molesting a baby, invasion of privateness, and tried invasion of privateness.

The Riverside Sheriff’s Workplace believes there could also be extra victims and encourages anybody with info associated to this investigation to contact Investigator Iniguez at 760-836-1600 or Riverside Sheriff’s Dispatched at 951-77-1099.

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