Beltsville Registered Sex Offender Convicted Of Producing Child Porn, Enticing Minors

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A registered sex offender from Beltsville has been convicted for his role in producing child pornography and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity, officials said.

Between January 2021 and June 2021, officials said 39-year-old Brian Patrick Werth enticed and persuaded a 14-year-old girl through various means, including sending her pictures of other minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, flattering her and sending her cash card codes for the purchase of lingerie and “school girl” outfits that the teen had identified in texts to Werth, officials said.

Werth also enticed and persuaded a separate 15-year-old female victim to produce child pornography for him and transmit it to him via internet-based applications. Trial evidence showed that during that same timeframe, Werth also communicated with a third 11-year-old female victim. The conversations were sexual in nature with Werth asking directly for nude pictures of the 11-year-old victim.

Werth faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in federal prison and a maximum of 50 years in federal prison for production of child pornography due to his prior conviction, to be followed by a 10 year mandatory consecutive sentence for commission of a new offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender. Werth also faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison and up to life in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor.

Once released from prison, Werth will be required to continue to register as a sex offender in the places where he lives, where he works and where he is a student according to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.