Sex Offender Sentenced In More Sex-Related Crimes Involving Minors

BELTSVILLE, MD — A 40-year-old Beltsville man has been sentenced after being convicted of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and engaging with a minor as a registered sex offender.

After a three-day trial, a jury found that from January 2021 through June 2021, Brian Patrick Werth, 40, communicated with minor females, ages 11 and 15, through the internet-based applications WhatsApp and Kik. During these interactions, Werth persuaded, coerced and enticed the minor females to engage in sexually explicit conduct by producing sexually explicit videos of themselves. Werth also engaged in child sexual abuse as a member of the Maryland Sex Offender Registry for a previous sex offense conviction.

He has been sentenced to 37 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for two counts of producing child sexual abuse material. After being released from prison, Werth will be required to register as a sex offender where he resides, is employed and where he is a student under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.

The judge also ordered Werth to refrain from contact with children under 18 years old, without prior permission, and to submit to computer monitoring.