New pornographers “immediately” broke the links with drummer Joe Seiders after the longtime member of collective rock was arrested in Palm Desert, California, for possession of juvenile pornography.
According to a press release From the Riverside sheriff office, Seiders was arrested after police were sent to investigate a suspicious activity report on April 7 in a Chick-Fil-A restaurant, where an 11-year-old boy told the police that a unknown had recorded him on a mobile phone while he used the bathroom. Two days later, the police said that an employee of the same restaurant said that the man was seen in and out of the toilet with juvenile men.
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“Believing that the male was the suspect of the previous incident, the police were contacted. Upon arrival, the deputies located the suspect, identified as Joseph Seiders, 44, from Palm Desert, and placed him in police custody,” said the statement. After an investigation, the police served as searching mandates on the residence, the vehicle and the mobile phone of the Seiders, where they would have found evidence involving seiders in the two incidents and the “additional crimes”, which, they said, included the possession of juvenile pornography.
Seiders was sentenced to the John Benoit detention center in Indio, California, for possession of juvenile pornography, boring / assaulting a child, invasion of privacy and attempted invasion of privacy. At the time of the press, a group spokesperson had not returned Display panelRequest for additional information on the incident.
In a Instagram declarationThe group wrote: “Everyone in the group is absolutely shocked, horrified and devastated by the news of the accusations against Joe Seiders – and we immediately broken all links with him. Our hearts go to all those who were affected by his actions.”
Seiders joined the Canadian Supergroup of Power Power Pop – which trained in Vancouver in 1997 – in 2014, joining the singer of the members of the Charter Neko Case, singer / guitarist Carl Newman and bassist John Collins. He appeared on their 2017 album White conditionsas well as 2019 In the Morse code braking lights and 2023 Continue as a guestAs well as their recent single “Ballad of the Last Payphone”. The drummer is held in the Correctional Center of Larry D. Smith with a deposit set at $ 1 million and is expected to make his first appearance in court on Tuesday, April 22.
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