Child Pornography Possession Means Prison For Warminster Man. How Long Might That Be?

WARMINSTER, PA — A township man has pleaded guilty to the possession and distribution of child pornography, federal authorities said.

Brian Zenszer, 44, of Warminster, entered a guilty plea Wednesday before U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III on one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.

Zenszer was indicted last December, authorities said.

Authorities said that on or about July 21, 2024, Zenszer knowingly distributed a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and, on or about Nov. 6, 2024, possessed a Samsung cell phone containing visual depictions of minors, including one or more prepubescent minors who had not attained 12 years of age, engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The charges arose from two CyberTips reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding two accounts on the Kik messaging app that had uploaded suspected files of child pornography.

Investigators determined both accounts belonged to Zenszer.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 29 and faces a maximum possible term of 40 years’ imprisonment and a mandatory minimum term of five years in prison, authorities said.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit projectsafechildhood.gov.