Updated: State Police Investigate Child Porn Found on Computer at Seven Fields Mayor’s Home

State police are investigating child pornography found on a computer in the home of Seven Fields Mayor Ed Bayne, according to a search warrant.

Troopers on Jan. 16 served a warrant to search the home on Graywyck Drive, according to the warrant issued by District Justice David Kovach. Occupants of the home include Bayne, his wife, Macrina Bayne, and two sons.

The investigators have not filed court documents detailing what they seized from the home.

But in an affidavit filed to obtain the warrant, state police computer-crimes investigators said they located a computer address that shared and downloaded child pornography in October. Investigators said they obtained a court order and traced that computer to the Graywyck Drive home, according to the affidavit.

Investigators said they found at least one file from a file-sharing network on the computer that shows a young girl of about 9 or 10 years old performing oral sex on an adult man, the search warrant said. The video was about five minutes long.

Cranberry police Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said officers from the township department assisted state troopers in searching the home.

A neighbor of Bayne who declined to give his name said Graywyck Drive residents witnessed investigators carrying a computer and other electronics from the home Jan. 16.

The neighbor described Bayne as a nice man who often kept to himself and didn't participate in activities with the rest of the neigborhood. 

"It’s a pretty close-knit street," the neighbor said. "We know most of the people pretty well."

Neighbors were shocked when they learned the nature of the search warrant, he said.

"Everyone is just beyond horrified," the neighbor said.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Bayne is a managing principal at Xerox. His wife, Macrina Bayne, is a first-grade teacher at Haine Elementary in Cranberry, according to the Seneca Valley School District.

District spokeswoman Linda Andreassi declined to speak about Macrina Bayne, but said she has not requested a leave of absence.

"As this is an ongoing investigation, the district reserves making comments at this time,” she said.

Seven Fields Manager Tom Smith said he and borough council members are aware the search warrant was executed at Bayne’s home.

“We’re aware that there is an ongoing criminal investigation,” he said.

He added Bayne’s future as mayor of the borough likely will be discussed at an upcoming council meeting. No protocol exists to remove a mayor, Smith said.

Smith pointed out Bayne has not been charged with any offenses. Until charges are filed, the borough will take no action, he said.

Calls to Bayne’ home were unanswered today.

Smith said he has not spoken to Bayne since investigators searched his home. The mayor missed council’s last meeting Jan. 14. Smith said he received an email the day after the meeting in which the mayor explained he missed the meeting because of a family matter.

Bayne was appointed mayor of the borough in 2006 to replace Bruce Daubner, who moved to Columbus, Ohio. He was elected in 2009. His term ends Dec. 31, 2013

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