Pennsylvania State Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon, resigned from office Wednesday after being arrested on child pornography charges.
Using the social media website, Tumblr, Folmer uploaded at least one image of a young girl involved in a sex act, according to NPR reporting.
Tumblr officials became aware of the image and alerted the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and authorities arrested Folmer.
Prosecutors charge that he uploaded the image himself tot he website in 2017.
Upon his arrest Tuesday, police say they also found two more suspected images of child pornography.
He’s been charged with three counts of child pornography and one count of criminal use in a communication facility (using his phone to commit a crime). All the crimes are felonies.
His colleagues in the Pennsylvania chamber were stunned by the news, and insisted that Folmer resign, according to a statement release which was issued by Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman
“We are sickened and disturbed by the charges brought against Mike Folmer,” it read.
— Joe Scarnati (@JoeScarnati) September 18, 2019
In 2018, Folmer voted against a bill aimed at giving child sex abuse victims more rights to sue their perpetrators — a move he said he opposed on constitutional grounds.
The 63-year-old is married with seven grandchildren.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf called Folmer’s actions “disgusting and beyond comprehension.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article