Kevin Barron has been named as the Horsham, PA., man arrested over having sexually explicit conversations with a 12-year-old boy he met while referring a boy’s basketball game.
Barron, 21, a Campbell University student and founder of the Miracle Field Challenge, has been arrested and accused of corruption of a minor following sexually explicit Snapchat and Instagram conversations involving a photo.
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In January, the 12-year-old’s mother brought her son’s cell phone to Hatboro police, saying that someone had reached out to her son via Snapchat and Instagram and was having sexually explicit conversations with him. Reports show the woman saw a message asking her son to send a photo of his genitalia, which he did.
After a multi-agency investigation, authorities learned the boy met Barron during a basketball game in December, which the student referred.
Officers said the conversations began about basketball and the boy’s performance; over time, they turned sexual in nature, culminating in the request for a sexually explicit photo of the boy. source
Barron is a student at Campbell University in Buies Creek and is student teaching at an elementary school. source
Campbell Baseball junior Kevin Barron keeps himself plenty busy off the diamond, raising nearly $150,000 dollars for a Miracle League Foundation in his hometown of Horsham, Pa. Learn more about Barron and his generous efforts both on and off the field in our new student-athlete podcast.
Police said when in Montgomery County, Barron has been a volunteer for youth sports in the Hatboro and Horsham area.