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An LGBTQ activist with ties to Princeton University was arrested at his home near the school in New Jersey for allegedly possessing child pornography.
According to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Roy “Trey” Farmer, 53, faces one felony count of possession of child sexual abuse material.
JUST IN — Prominent Ivy League LGBTQ activist, 53, is arrested on child porn charges at his home near Princeton University, Daily Mail reports
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 28, 2024
Farmer was arrested after a “tip-off from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC),” Daily Mail reports.
If convicted, Farmer faces up to five years in jail.
Daily Mail reports:
The former ‘piano prodigy’ sits on the board of the New York Philharmonic and is president of Queer Princeton Alumni, but it has since had his details removed from their website.
A successful banker and entrepreneur, he is a former president of the Harvard Glee Club and has served on the boards of orchestras and opera companies across the world.
He is also chairman of Florida’s StayInMay Festival which has staged more than 300 events in Naples over the last ten years.
The NCMEC alerted detectives with Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit in January that child sexual abuse material had been downloaded in Mercer County where Princeton is situated.
On Friday the Mercer County Tactical Response Team, with assistance from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations Trenton searched Farmer’s Princeton apartment seizing ‘multiple items of evidentiary value’, the prosecutor’s office said.
Farmer was arrested without a struggle and was detained at Mercer County Jail pending a detention hearing on Wednesday.
BREAKING: Prominent LGBTQ activist Trey Farmer arrested on child p*rn charges.
Trey is an alumni of Princeton and is President of the “Queer Princeton Alumni” organization. pic.twitter.com/t7GcyZ2e6Z
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 27, 2024
“Farmer is a 1993 Princeton graduate and was heavily involved with the school when he was arrested, organizing events and leading organizations for alumni,” The Daily Wire noted.
He served as vice president of Princeton’s Bisexual, Transgender, Gay and Lesbian Alumni organization.
A prominent LGBTQ+ leader in the @Princeton community has been arrested and charged with child s—x crimes. Roy Farmer is president of the Queer Princeton Alumni group and founder of the NY Philharmonic Pride Alliance. Read: https://t.co/cchRXVNYum
— Andy Ngô
(@MrAndyNgo) March 28, 2024
From The Daily Wire:
Several law enforcement agencies coordinated to arrest him Friday, including the county prosecutor’s office, the Mercer County Tactical Response Team, and Homeland Security Investigations Trenton.
They executed a search warrant to seize “multiple items of evidentiary value,” the prosecutor’s office said.
Farmer was being held at the Mercer County Jail before a scheduled detention hearing Wednesday in Trenton at the Superior Court of Mercer County.
The prosecutor’s office said they planned to argue that he should be detained before trial.
