HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — A 43-year-old man from Nanticoke, in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania, is facing 763 felony counts after state agents traced hundreds of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) videos and images to an internet address at his home, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, November 2. Michael J. Grevera was recently arraigned on 663 felonies for possession of CSAM, 99 felonies for disseminating CSAM, and one related felony, the Attorney General's office said.
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WBRE/WYOU (28/22 News), the NBC and CBS affiliates serving the Wilkes-Barre–Scranton area, reported that investigators found the files on electronic devices at Grevera's East Union Street home in Nanticoke, and that he is being held in Luzerne County Prison, unable to post bail. The Attorney General's office and the local reporting agree on the shape of the case: the material was allegedly both kept and shared, which is why the charge sheet runs to hundreds of counts on each side of the allegation.
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How the investigation reached his door
According to the Attorney General's office, agents traced the possession and sharing of CSAM to an IP address located at Grevera's home. Late last month, agents served a search warrant at the East Union Street residence. Grevera initially lied about being home, the office said, but eventually came to the door. Investigators seized electronic devices containing the CSAM, and determined that Grevera shared at least 99 files — the basis for the 99 dissemination counts alongside the far larger set of possession counts tied to the more than 600 videos and images in the case.
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The bail conditions are strict — and specific
A magisterial district judge set bail at $250,000, with 10 percent required to post it. If Grevera posts bail, the conditions bar him from having any contact with children, bar him from being within 500 feet of schools and playgrounds, and bar him from leaving Luzerne County without permission. As of Monday's reporting he had not posted it: WBRE/WYOU reported he remains in Luzerne County Prison. Those conditions matter for the neighbourhood around East Union Street — they are the court's answer, at this early stage, to the question of what happens if a man accused of offences on this scale leaves custody before trial.
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Attorney General Sunday, in the statement announcing the charges, said: “The voluminous illegal materials found in this case are deeply disturbing, and warrant these very serious charges. The possession and dissemination of these types of heinous materials are unacceptable and a priority of the Office of Attorney General to root out.” The case will be prosecuted by the office's Child Predator Section, the specialised unit that handles child-exploitation prosecutions for the Commonwealth.
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The Attorney General's office says the investigation continues. Anyone with information about Grevera that they believe law enforcement should know is asked to contact the Office of Attorney General at 800-385-1044. No victim is identified in the announcement, and Awaaz Punjab does not name or describe victims in cases of this kind.
What the numbers do — and do not — mean
A charge count in a case like this is not a separate crime scene: prosecutors typically count CSAM cases file by file, so hundreds of counts can arise from one seized collection of devices and one course of alleged sharing. That is also why the two halves of the sheet differ so sharply — 663 possession counts against 99 dissemination counts. What the counts do establish is the scale prosecutors allege, and the seriousness with which the Commonwealth is treating the dissemination half: sharing files is what turns a private collection into new distribution, and it is charged separately for that reason. None of it is a finding of guilt. The Attorney General's own release carries the reminder that criminal charges are merely allegations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty, and Grevera will have the opportunity to contest every count in court.
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Why this lands in Luzerne County
Nanticoke is a small city on the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, in the Wyoming Valley between Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton — a former coal-region community where an East Union Street search warrant is the kind of event neighbours notice. The case also arrives on the same day the Attorney General's office announced a prison sentence in a separate, unrelated child-exploitation case against a former state trooper, underlining the office's stated position that exploitation-material cases are a standing priority rather than a one-off. For local parents, the practical detail in Monday's announcement is the bail-condition map — the 500-foot school and playground exclusion and the no-contact order — because those are the rules that would govern Grevera's movements if the $250,000 bail is posted while the case works through the county courts.
What happens next
The case now proceeds in Luzerne County, prosecuted by the Attorney General's Child Predator Section. Grevera remains in Luzerne County Prison unless the bail is posted under the conditions described above. The investigation is continuing in parallel, and the Attorney General's office has publicly asked anyone with relevant information to call 800-385-1044. No further court date was announced in Monday's release or in local reporting; the next public step will be the case's movement from arraignment toward a preliminary hearing, where a judge tests whether the evidence supports holding the charges for trial.