Ardmore Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges

ARDMORE, PA — An Ardmore man accused of possessing pornography featuring children ages 11 to 15 admitted to just that in a Montgomery County court recently, records show.

Lawrence Brean, 70, of Ardmore, pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography in court on Feb. 28.

Brean initially faced 40 counts of felony child pornography and 30 counts of felony criminal used of a communication facility.

With the guilty plea, he faces seven to 14 years in prison.

Brean was arrested Feb. 27, 2018 following an investigation from Montgomery and Delaware county authorities.

The investigation began when a Montgomery County Detective was tipped off in October 2017 by the Pennsylvania Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force to a computer in Lower Merion Township allegedly being used to upload images of young girls engaging in sex acts with adults.

Authorities tracked the computer to Brean's address and executed a search warrant at his home in November 2017.

During the search, Delaware County's K9 Charlie – who is trained to detect small electronic devices such as flash drives – found two flash drives that were later discovered to have at least 25 images of children 11 to 15 years old engaged in sex acts and in sexual situations.

A MacBook computer was also seized and that the computer had at least five additional images showing child pornography.