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BENSALEM Township, Pa. – Police say a tip from a “vigilante group” led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man accused of raping and sexually abusing children.

Keith Page, 67, is charged with rape of a child under 13, child sexual abuse, corruption of minors and related offenses.

Bensalem police say they were tipped off about Page after receiving a call from “Poaching Predators,” a group they say confronts alleged predators on camera “to promote their social media pages.”

One member of the group posed as an 11-year-old girl while engaging in conversations with Page for several weeks.

“Age is just a number,” Page reportedly said, acknowledging the girl’s age.

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Police say Page told the girl not to tell her mother before exchanging explicit photos and agreeing to meet her for sex.

Before calling the police, officials say “predator poachers” went to Page’s home and confronted him on camera.

Page was held on $2,000,000 bail after police said he admitted to exchanging explicit photos and having sexually explicit conversations with the young girl.

Police have also issued a warning in reference to groups such as “Poaching Predators”.

“These types of online confrontations have turned violent and have even led to the individual being confronted committing suicide in the past. The Bensalem Township Police Department does not condone these types of confrontations and urges anyone with information about a possible child predator to call police ahead of time. establishing contact so that the safety of all involved can be maintained and the prosecutorial integrity of these investigations can be preserved.”