BG man pleads guilty to sexually abusing two girls

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CINCINNATI — Lynn Brenneman, 60, of Bowling Green, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to traveling
with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
According to court documents, in December an FBI task force officer was contacted by an Ohio Department
of Natural Resources officer regarding an investigation involving the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old.
Brenneman had abused the girl on five different occasions over the course of three years and had gone on
trips with the girl’s family to Florida, New York, Indiana, Michigan, Washington, D.C., and various
places in Ohio. For some of the trips, Brenneman paid for campsites and drove the victim in his RV to
other states, where he sexually abused her, according to court documents.
On one family trip to a state park in Ohio in September 2018, Brenneman abused the victim and she ran
from the camper and reported the abuse. Officers from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources responded
on scene at the campground and interviewed witnesses.
During the course of this investigation, it was also revealed that Brenneman had engaged in similar abuse
with a second victim years earlier, abusing her between the ages of 8 and 11.
Benjamin C. Glassman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Todd A. Wickerham, Special Agent
in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cincinnati Division, the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources, Mason Police Chief Todd Carter, Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell, Preble County
Prosecutor Martin P. Votel and members of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force announced the plea
entered into before U.S. District Judge Susan J. Dlott.
The parties involved with this case have recommended a sentence of 10 years in prison in addition to
lifetime supervised release. Judge Dlott will consider that recommendation at a future sentencing
hearing.
As part of his plea, Brenneman has agreed to pay $75,000 in restitution to one victim and $25,000 to
another victim.
The plea agreement also accounts for local charges in Warren and Preble counties.
Glassman commended the investigation of this case by the FBI, Ohio Division of Natural Resources and
Assistant United States Attorney Christy L. Muncy, who is representing the United States in this case.

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