Ex-Long Beach police officer indicted on federal child pornography charges
30 September 2021
30 September 2021
A former Long Beach Police officer was arrested Wednesday pursuant to a federal grand jury indictment alleging he possessed and distributed child pornography while working as a law enforcement officer. Anthony Brown, 57, of Lakewood, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday afternoon to three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California said in a news release. According to the indictment returned on Sept. 21, Brown used MeWe, an internet-based messaging application, to distribute sexually explicit images of girls from November 2019 and April 2020, ...
