Pa. man who used Roblox, Telegram to target girls sentenced to years in prison
Jun 05, 2026
A Bucks County, Pa., man has been sentenced to just shy of two years in prison followed by two years of probation after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges.
Prosecutors said 32-year-old Alec Magill, of Upper Southampton, used Roblox and Telegram while posing as a teenager to target and man
ipulate young girls into sending him explicit material.
Before sentencing, the mother of a 13-year-old victim delivered an emotional impact statement, detailing the lasting trauma on her family.
She explained that her daughter now lives in a constant of fear and she is afraid to be alone.
Magill pleaded guilty to felony counts of sexual abuse of children, possession of child abuse material, unlawful contact with a minor, dissemination of explicit sexual material to a minor, unlawful contact with a minor – obscene performances, and criminal use of a communication facility.
Bucks County detectives investigate Alec Magill
The investigation into Magill started when the FBI sent an alert to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office about a man talking to a 13-year-old girl in Tennessee.
Through the investigation, detectives found that Magill posed as a teenager under the username “instantclassic9” on the social platforms.
Magill asked the young girl for sexually explicit photos and made inappropriate comments to her on the platforms.
While going through Magill’s cell phone, detectives found a deleted message thread between him and a 16-year-old girl from North Carolina. There were nearly 3,000 messages between the two including instances where Magill forced the girl to send him sexual photos and videos. Magill also sent the girl an inappropriate photo of himself to the girl.
According to a criminal complaint, Magill admitted to detectives in February of 2025 that he pretended to be a teen online and asked several minors for sexually explicit images while communicating with them.
This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.
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