South Dartmouth Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Offenses

BOSTON – A South Dartmouth man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for receiving and possessing child pornography.

Jack L. Bean Jr., 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Dennis Saylor IV to 63 months in prison and five years of supervised release.  In February 2017, Bean pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

In September 2015, a law enforcement investigation identified an internet-based bulletin board dedicated to the advertisement, distribution and production of child pornography with over 1,500 users who actively post new content and engage in online discussions involving the sexual exploitation of minors.  Bean was identified as a user on the bulletin board.  Bean admitted that he downloaded and saved child pornography from the internet, and that he had a sexual preference for girls approximately 14 years old.  Agents later identified 40 images and 29 videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct on Bean’s laptop, the majority of which involved children between the ages of one and eight years old.

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations in Boston; Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; and Dartmouth Police Chief Robert W. Szala, made the announcement today.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.