A former Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty on Oct. 20 to multiple criminal charges of sexual abuse of children and women as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced.
Patrick Heron, 54, was facing 218 criminal charges relating to allegations that, over the course of a decade, he allegedly abused and assaulted dozens of women and girls, took photographs and videos of them being assaulted without their consent, and attempted to intimidate them into remaining silent about the alleged abuse.
