State Police Cpl. guilty of AI pornography, secret recordings

Stephen Kamnik also pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material, possessing a stolen gun, using law enforcement databases for personal reasons

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Pennsylvania State Police Corporal has pleaded guilty to numerous charges regarding a wide range of conduct, including using work computers to access A.I. tools to create pornography and for secretly filming and photographing individuals, including coworkers.

Stephen M. Kamnik, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Montgomery County Court to 15 charges in all — nine felonies and six misdemeanors.

Kamnik also pleaded guilty to using secured law enforcement and Commonwealth databases for personal reasons, and for possessing child sexual abuse material.

A Montgomery County Judge will order sentence on July 8.

“This defendant pleaded guilty to the full scope of conduct outlined in charging documents — and in regards to all in-person victims,” Attorney General Sunday said. “These crimes stain the great work being done by law enforcement every day in communities across the Commonwealth.”

Pennsylvania State Police, in consultation with the Office of Attorney General, charged Kamnik last year.

According to the investigation, Kamnik created some of the material at Montgomery County barracks, on Commonwealth-owned devices.

Also, Kamnik secretly filmed numerous females he came into contact with, including while on duty, and repeatedly entered a women’s locker room at state police barracks and took photos.

An investigation by the Internal Affairs Division of the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Attorney General revealed that, for years, Kamnik allegedly misused Commonwealth computer resources for his own personal sexual gratification, including the creation of A.I.-generated pornography of numerous female citizens of Pennsylvania.

His cellphone and an external hard drive from his home revealed evidence that he also used a secured database, JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of females — in violation of JNET usage policies.

Among the materials investigators found was an unlawfully recorded video of a Montgomery County magisterial district judge during a court proceeding which Kamnik also edited for apparent lewd purposes.

Kamnik was also found in possession of a stolen .22 caliber firearm during a search of his vehicle in January of 2025.

In all, Kamnik pleaded guilty to:

• Four felony counts of unlawful use of computer
• Sexual abuse of children, a felony
• Receiving Stolen Property (regarding a firearm), a felony
• Unlawful duplication, a felony
• Interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic or oral communications, a felony
• Criminal trespass, a felony
• Misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy, official oppression, tampering with evidence, misapplication of entrusted property, and unlawful use of an audio or video device in court Kamnik is currently suspended without pay.

The case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General James Price of the Public Corruption Section and Deputy Attorney General Kimberly Moraski of the Child Predator Section.

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