Long Beach Briefs: Resource Provides Police Investigation Info/ Former LBPD Pleads Guilty for Distributing Child Pornography

Former Long Beach Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Distribution of Child Pornography

A former Long Beach Police officer, Anthony Brown, 57, of Lakewood, pleaded guilty March 21, to a federal criminal charge for distributing child pornography, including when he was on duty as a law enforcement officer.

According to his plea agreement, Brown used his smart phone to log into MeWe, an internet-based messaging application, including when he was on duty as a Long Beach Police officer. While logged in, Brown knowingly distributed and possessed child pornography.

Brown admitted in his plea agreement to distributing sexually explicit images of girls in November 2019, March 2020 and April 2020. From October 2019 through May 2020, Brown also knowingly possessed a sexually explicit image of a girl who appeared to be 11 or 12 years old.

Brown was a Long Beach Police officer for 27 years. He left the force last year after his arrest on state charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office dismissed those charges in light of the federal case.

United States District Judge André Birotte Jr. has scheduled a July 25 sentencing hearing, at which time Brown will face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.

LBPD Launches New Tool for Community to Learn about Police Activity

On March 17 2022, the Long Beach Police Department March 17, debuted a new tool for the Long Beach community to access information about police activity and investigations.

LBPD will begin posting information about recent police activity, ongoing investigations, and other LBPD updates to the Department’s homepage and on the “News” tab of the Department’s website.

At about 10 a.m. each day, community members will be able to read preliminary information about incidents that may have occurred the previous evening, including shootings, stabbings, traffic fatality and murder investigations, as well as any other notable incidents. This page will be a resource for the public to learn more about enforcement efforts, arrests, and commendable events and will be updated as new incidents occur.

Details: www.longbeach.gov/police