CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – A Pennsylvania man a part of a year long child sexual abuse investigation was arrested by authorities at the Meadowbrook Mall.
Members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Mark Wills, 60, in Bridgeport on Thursday Wills on charges of manufacturing and dissemination of child sexual abuse materials to children 13 and under.
Wills was wanted out of Pennsylvania by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office for allegedly manufacturing hundreds of videos of child sexual abuse material and sharing them online. The children Wills is accused of victimizing are believed to be throughout the United States and Canada with the abuse allegedly taking place for over a year.
A warrant was issued for Will’s arrest in early February with investigators from the Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Philadelphia discovering that Wills was located in West Virginia on Monday.
Deputy Marshals from the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force Clarksburg office located Wills at the Meadowbrook Mall in Bridgeport, where he was approached by task force members and apprehended without incident.
Wills is being held without bond at North Central Regional jail in Doddridge County where he awaits extradition to Bucks County.
U.S. Marshals were assisted by officers from the Bridgeport Police Department, West Virginia State Police and Harrison County Sheriff’s Office.
The case has been delegated to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Philadelphia.