William Reynard (Credit: PA Megan's Law)
Police allege William Taylor Reynard reported an address on Shannon Drive in Upper Gwynedd Township, but an investigation found that he has been residing with family in King of Prussia
A registered sex offender in Pennsylvania who received probation for sexually abusing a child is facing felony charges by Upper Gwynedd Township Police for allegedly failing to update his registered address with the state as part of Megan’s Law registration requirements.
William Taylor Reynard, 52, of the Gwynedd Club community on the 20th block of Shannon Drive in Upper Gwynedd and now residing in the Heritage Manor development on the 600 block of Coates Lane, King of Prussia, was charged last month with three felony counts of failure to provide accurate registration information, felony failure to register his address with Pennsylvania State Police and three misdemeanor charges of lying to authorities.
Police allege Reynard reported an address on Shannon Drive, but an investigation found that he does not reside at the reported address and is believed by authorities to be residing with his family on the 600 block of Coates Lane in King of Prussia, Upper Merion Township.
Reynard failed to update change of address within required three business days in violation of Megan’s Law registration requirements, police said.
According to a criminal complaint, on Aug. 5, 2025, Upper Gwynedd Police received information from state police about registrant Reynard, a Megan’s Law offender who “does not live in North Wales (mailing address).”
“This address is false or from a long time ago,” police wrote in the affidavit. “(He) lives full time in … King of Prussia.”
Reynard pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse of children in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court in August 2021 and was sentenced to seven years of probation and to comply with Megan’s Law to register as a Tier 1 sex offender for 15 years, police said.
“Among the information required, Reynard is required to appear to update a commencement of residence, change of residence, termination of residence, or failure to maintain a residence,” police said in the affidavit.
An investigation found that Reynard leased a townhome in Gwynedd Club in 2021 on Shannon Drive; routine checks by police between Sept. 2 and Sept. 10, 2025, found no vehicles parked in the designated space for the townhome, according to the complaint.
A property manager told authorities that they were unfamiliar with Reynard and unaware he was living at the address despite being listed as the lessee, police said. Witnesses told police that Reynard appeared at the Shannon Drive home about once a month, per the complaint. One neighbor talked to Reynard, who had asked that if they saw mail outside his door to put it in the mail slot for him, police said.
Further investigation found that Reynard’s two vehicles were captured on License Plate Readers in the mornings and late afternoons and evenings in the King of Prussia and Norristown areas, police said. Cellular data obtained by Upper Gwynedd Police pinged Reynard’s cell phone 65 times over the course of a year in the area of Shannon Drive, police said.
“In this case, Reynard was sentenced in 20201, and as required by Megan’s Law, reported his address (on Shannon Drive). He has not changed his registered residence with the Pennsylvania State Police to date,” police wrote in the affidavit.
Police were then able to allegedly catch Reynard exiting the Shannon Drive residence on Sept. 30, 2025, entering his car and then leaving Gwynedd Club. Police followed Reynard all the way to King of Prussia, where he arrived at the Coates Lane location, police said.
Reynard is currently jailed in Montgomery County on $77 cash bail, which includes a parole/probation detainer. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Suzan Leonard.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
