NORRISTOWN, PA — A 76-year-old Hatboro man has been charged after authorities say he allegedly attempted to solicit a 15-year-old girl for sexual activity following an investigation by Hatboro Police and the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, on February 26, 2026, two adults reported to Hatboro Police that a 15-year-old girl had an interaction with an adult male while walking her dog with her younger sister. Police stated the man, later identified as Dennis Reilly, allegedly offered the girls $100 each for photographs of their feet.
Authorities said the girl later received multiple text messages from the man requesting additional photographs. According to investigators, a Hatboro detective reviewed the text exchanges and then began communicating with Reilly while posing as the teenage girl.
Police allege that during the exchange, Reilly asked to meet for sexual activity in exchange for $300. According to the criminal complaint, Reilly agreed to meet at the South York Road Wawa in Hatboro later that day.
When Reilly arrived at the location on February 26, 2026, police met and interviewed him and seized his cellphone, authorities said. He was arrested February 27, 2026.
Reilly is charged with Trafficking in Individuals — Recruit, Entice or Solicit; Unlawful Contact With a Minor; Criminal Solicitation — Statutory Sexual Assault; Criminal Use of a Communication Facility; and related offenses, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
He was arraigned and remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. On March 2, 2026, a bail review hearing was held in the Court of Common Pleas, and bail was set at $99,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. March 12, 2026, before Magisterial District Judge Todd Stephens.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Margot Weitz of the Family Protection Unit. Authorities are asking anyone who may have had a similar encounter to contact Hatboro Police at 215-675-2832.
All suspects, arrestees, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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