Ex-Police Officer Guilty of Child Sexual Imagery Appears in Court in 'DILF' T-Shirt

Mar. 15, 2025

Geoffrey Parker.Photo:WKBN/Youtube

WKBN/Youtube

A former Akron, Ohio, police officerpleaded guiltyto multiple charges related to a child sex abuse case.

Geoffrey Parker, 34, of Mineral Ridge is facing up to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to three counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, three counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, one count of gross sexual imposition and one count of pandering obscenity involving a minor, the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office said in apress releaseon Thursday, Oct. 31.

When Parker appeared in court, he wore a shirt reading “DILF - Devoted, Involved, Loving Father.”

Parker, who was previously placed on unpaid leave, also resigned on Thursday,WKYCandFOX 8reported.

Geoffrey Parker mugshot.Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office

Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office

At the time, he was placed on administrative leave with pay until charges were brought against him.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation began looking into Parker after the department traced a nude photo of a 4-year-old girl to the former police officer. He was also convicted of taking nude images of himself with young children, the press release states.

The Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office said Parker’s conversations were tied “to an online chatroom app." The crime with the 4-year-old took place in Weathersfield.

Parker was also accused of “sharing of sexually explicit videos with minors engaging in sex acts and photographing a child in a state of nudity and then sharing the picture online to receive other explicit images of children," according to a complaint, perNBC4i.

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Parker remains in Trumbull County jail, held on a $1 million bond. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 26.

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source: people.com