According to the East Pennsboro Township Police Department, the vehicle was parked beside a public park and sidewalk when officers arrived shortly after 3 p.m. Police had been called about a suspicious vehicle in the area of Acri Road and Delwood Drive.
The department said Igbojekwe was sitting inside the vehicle and had his genitals exposed.
But the political connection emerged in a separate account of the incident reported by WHP 580.
According to WHP, citing court documents, Igbojekwe told responding officers that he was waiting to distribute campaign flyers for Stelson, the Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Scott Perry.
The report says Stelson literature was inside his silver Ford SUV.
Even more remarkably, WHP reported that Igbojekwe told officers he did not understand why having his genitals exposed while sitting in a vehicle in the residential neighborhood was a problem.
Police reportedly observed other people nearby, including children riding bicycles and a man walking his dog.
Initial Indecent-Exposure Charge Withdrawn
Igbojekwe initially faced an indecent-exposure charge and a disorderly-conduct charge.
The official East Pennsboro Township Police Department posting confirms those initial charges and states that the incident occurred next to a public park and sidewalk.
But the case soon took another turn.
WHP subsequently updated its reporting to say court records showed the original second-degree misdemeanor indecent-exposure charge and a summary disorderly-conduct citation had been withdrawn.
Igbojekwe instead pleaded guilty to third-degree misdemeanor disorderly conduct, according to the station’s report.
That distinction matters: the initial police allegations remain part of the documented history of the case, but the indecent-exposure charge did not result in a conviction.
WHP also reported that bail had initially been set at $49,000 and that Igbojekwe had been held at Cumberland County Prison after failing to post it.
Conservative Activist Seizes on the Incident
The episode quickly moved from a local police matter into the political spotlight.
Conservative activist Scott Presler highlighted the arrest on social media and questioned why someone with a Colorado address was apparently distributing campaign material in a Pennsylvania congressional race.
Presler wrote:
“Why is Janelle Stelson hiring canvassers that live in Aurora, Colorado?”
The available police statement does not establish who employed Igbojekwe or what formal relationship, if any, existed between him and Stelson’s campaign beyond the reported campaign literature and his statement to police that he was waiting to distribute Stelson flyers.
But the timing guarantees the story will attract attention.
Stelson and Perry Are Fighting a Rematch
Stelson, a former WGAL television anchor, is trying for a second time to defeat Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District.
Perry narrowly prevailed in their 2024 contest, winning by 5,133 votes. Stelson returned for the 2026 race and has emphasized affordability and government ethics during the campaign.
In a September 29 interview with City & State Pennsylvania, Stelson described affordability as one of her central priorities and discussed proposals aimed at combating corruption in Washington.
She has also sought support beyond the Democratic base.
Her campaign recently promoted a “Republicans for Janelle” effort featuring former Republican members of Congress, part of an attempt to attract voters who ordinarily might not back a Democratic congressional candidate.
Now an entirely different story involving someone carrying her campaign literature has entered the race.
There is no evidence in the publicly available police account showing that Stelson knew about or had any involvement in Igbojekwe’s conduct.
What is documented is unusual enough on its own: police responded to a suspicious vehicle near a residential park, found its occupant with his genitals exposed, and initially charged him with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct.
WHP reports that the same man told officers he was there to distribute Stelson campaign flyers.
And days later, according to the station’s update, the indecent-exposure charge was withdrawn while Igbojekwe pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
With Stelson and Perry locked in another high-profile congressional fight, an already strange police call has now become an unexpected sideshow in one of Pennsylvania’s closely watched House races.
