by Alex Lloyd Gross
Gary Durfee is a registered sex offender. That fact did not stop him from trying to use the internet to access photos of little boys in compromising, sexual situations. He plead guilty to three counts of possession of child pornography.
The investigation began in May 2024 after the FBI’s Fort Washington Resident Agency uncovered online conversations between Durfee and a known child sexual exploitation subject in Tennessee. Durfee received child sexual abuse material via WhatsApp under the name “Corey Bratton,” which investigators linked to his residence on Sycamore Avenue in Croydon. The messaging account contained direct messages with numerous illicit images and videos depicting young boys.
In June 2024, the Lower Makefield Township Police Department was contacted by the Chandler, Arizona, Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force during a separate investigation. Authorities discovered communication and image sharing involving Durfee’s Facebook account, also operating under the alias “Corey Bratton.” A search warrant served on Facebook confirmed the account’s active participation in distributing explicit images of young boys.
The FBI raided his Sycamore Avenue Home in March of 2025. Investigators seized multiple electronic devices, including a laptop connected to a digital drive containing hundreds of images of prepubescent boys. During the search, Durfee admitted to investigators that the seized items belonged to him.
He will also register as a Megan’s Law offender for life.
