Source: The Signal
Date: 02/24/2026 6:37pm

Article Summary:
Pennsylvania Man Arrested in Castaic for Allegedly Grooming 13-Year-Old Girl, Held Without Bail on Federal Charges
An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man, Matthew Edward Pysher, was arrested in Castaic after allegedly traveling to California to meet a 13-year-old girl he had groomed online and encouraged to harm herself, according to federal authorities. The FBI located the girl at a motel after a parent alerted law enforcement, and agents say they found weapons and evidence of self-harm in the room. Pysher faces a federal charge of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and has been ordered held without bail.

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