Chesco Man Sentenced To 100 Years In PA's Largest Child Porn Bust

A Chester County man whose stash of millions of images of child pornography was the largest ever busted in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to a century in prison.

Lawrence Jamieson, 59, of Malvern, also sexually assaulted an underage girl on the Autism spectrum while taking photos and videos of the abuse, according to federal authorities.

William McSwain, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, said that the stash — which included 14.4 million images — represented the largest ever found in the state.

"The details in this case are horrific," McSwain said in his statement.

He collected some of the most demented images imaginable of toddlers and infants being sexually assaulted by adult men and women, and in some cases, by animals, according to federal officials.

He was well-acquainted with the young girl he abused, authorities said. He knew she had been diagnosed on the Autism spectrum and suffered from learning disabilities and mental health issues.

He targeted this underage girl by first recruiting an adult man to pose as a teenage boy so that they could dupe the girl into believing he was her boyfriend, thereby gaining her trust, according to officials.

The "boyfriend" then engaged in sexual activity with her while photographing and videotaping her, the U.S. Attorney said. He then distributed the videos and images back to Jamieson and to others over the internet, authorities said.

Jamieson was arrested March 2, 2017.

With reporting from Patch correspondent Max Bennett

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