Ex-Pa. scoutmaster charged with child porn 25 (UPI) -- A former Philadelphia-area Boy Scout scoutmaster was charged with trading child pornography, federal officials said. Gerrett Conover, 47, of Woolwich Township, N.J.., scoutmaster of a Radnor Township, Pa., troop from at least 1999 to 2001, was arrested Sept. 16 while crossing the Canadian border into Ogdensburg, N.Y., after authorities allegedly found child pornography on his laptop computer, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday. Conover's involvement with the Boy Scouts dates to 1990, federal prosecutors said, adding he had been under investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations for Internet trading of child pornography, and was discovered during a Boston-based investigation resulting in 45 arrests. Conover allegedly told investigators he had a "close relationship" with one scout, from the time the boy was 10 until he was 17, saying they were together after scout meetings, at Conover's home and on some four-day road trips. Thomas Harrington, chief executive officer of the local Boy Scouts Cradle of Liberty Council, said Conover was registered as an assistant scoutmaster from 2002 to 2008, although he was largely inactive during that time. Conover was released last week after posting bail, but was arrested again Thursday after authorities allegedly found child pornography on his home computer, the newspaper said. He was in custody ahead of a federal court hearing in Camden, N.J., Thursday.