Bucks County District Attorney Jen Schorn asked anyone who may have been victimized by Joseph Grossman to contact her office. Read more Vinny Vella / Staff

by Vinny Vella Published Oct. 2, 2025, 12:10 p.m. ET

Poppy’s Peanuts touted itself as a family business, selling chocolates, candy, and ice cream to patrons at the Quakertown Farmers Market, officials said Thursday.

But prosecutors say that behind the scenes, its owner, Joseph Grossman, was abusing the underage girls he seemed to exclusively hire for his business.

Grossman, 36, of Warminster, has been charged with promoting prostitution and corruption of minors for inappropriately rubbing and touching two 17-year-old girls that worked for him, as well as attempting to offer them cash and drugs in exchange for sexual encou

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