LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — An Elizabethtown man faces over three decades in prison after employees of his found child pornography on his computer and reported it to police. It was not his first offense.
Philip Miller, 64, had been caught with child pornography and charged three separate times since 2022. He was also convicted of possessing it in 2008.
“Despite having previously been convicted of possessing child pornography, Philip Miller continued to download large amounts of it,” prosecuting Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lapp said. “Even after his phone was seized and he was charged in Jan. 2023, he obtained a new phone and continued to download and possess child pornography on both his cell phone and work computers. His conduct displays not only a disregard for the law, but for the decency of the children who are victimized in the making of child pornography.”
The Lancaster County District Attorney's office says the investigation into recent allegations began on Oct. 21, 2022, when investigators received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), tracing child pornography to Miller’s phone. A search warrant on Nov. 17, 2022, revealed over 60 explicit videos.
The DA's Office says while that case was still being investigated, a new NCMEC cybertip generated from the same cell phone number still registered to Miller. Another search warrant was executed on the phone on March 28, 2023, which revealed more explicit videos and photos of children. New charges were filed, and Miller was arrested on April 20, 2023.
On April 28, 2023, prosecutors say employees of Miller reported that when they were assisting customers get a form for Lincoln Financial on Miller’s computer, they typed in “Li” and “Litle girls 9-11” popped up as a prior search. The witness further reported that Miller told another coworker to get rid of a hard drive and RAM located in his office shortly before his arrest.
A search warrant was executed at Miller’s tax office, located in the 300 block of South Market Street, and the hard drive and desktop computer were recovered from Miller’s office containing more inappropriate content featuring children. Additional charges were then filed on May 18, 2023.
Miller was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in prison on Jan. 4. He pleaded guilty to five felony counts of possessing child pornography and three felony counts of criminal use of a communication facility, the DA's Office said.
