EDWARDSVILLE — A Nanticoke man was arraigned Monday on an arrest warrant charging him with sending nude pictures of himself to a teenage boy.
Raymond Thomas Rittenhouse, 38, address listed as Field Street, was charged by Edwardsville police with sending lewd pictures of himself to the teenage boy, and soliciting the boy to send him nude pictures, according to court records.
The boy’s mother reported she discovered text messages and the pictures while reviewing her son’s cellular phone, court records say.
Edwardsville police obtained an arrest warrant for Rittenhouse on Oct. 3, 2025. Rittenhouse was apprehended on Friday on an arrest warrant and two unrelated warrants issued by Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Vough on Oct. 9, 2025.
Rittenhouse was arraigned by District Judge Joshua R. Moses on six counts each of possession of child sexual abuse materials and unlawful contact with a minor, and three counts of dissemination of explicit sexual abuse materials involving a minor. Rittenhouse was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $75,000 bail.
The capias warrants issued by Vough relate to charges by Kingston police alleging Rittenhouse operated an unregistered motorcycle with a fraudulent license plate, and by Luzerne Borough police for possession of a controlled substance and operating a vehicle with fraudulent registration documents, court records say.
