LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Seiders, drummer for Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, has been arrested and charged with possessing youngster intercourse abuse supplies, authorities stated.
Seiders, 44, is accused of recording younger boys along with his telephone at a Chick-fil-A restaurant toilet in Palm Desert, California, based on the native sheriff’s division. The town of about 50,000 is within the Coachella Valley.
Regulation enforcement responded to a report April 7 of suspicious exercise on the quick meals restaurant. An 11-year-old boy advised them a person recorded him whereas he was utilizing the lavatory there.
Two days later, officers acquired one other report at Chick-fil-A and took Seiders into custody. They searched his house and located proof connecting him to the 2 incidents. His prices embody possession of kid intercourse abuse supplies, molesting a baby, and invasion of privateness, the sheriff’s division stated.
The Riverside County Public Defender’s Workplace declined to touch upon Seiders’ behalf.
Authorities consider there could also be extra victims and are nonetheless investigating.
The New Pornographers stated they’ve instantly severed ties with Seiders, who joined the band in 2014, in a submit on Instagram.
“Everybody within the band is totally shocked, horrified and devastated by the information of the fees towards Joe Seiders,” the submit stated.