A Unionville, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to possessing child pornography.

Joel R. Bremer, 50, of Unionville, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to the charge contained in an April 15, 2015, federal indictment.

According to the plea agreement, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department received a report in February 2013 from a 19-year-old female that she had been sexually abused by Bremer for a period of time when she was a child. She also stated that Bremer had taken nude photographs of her when she was a minor and that she had recently seen those pictures on his laptop computer, which he kept in his home.

Investigators with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department and the Kirksville Regional Computer Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at Bremer’s residence on Feb. 11, 2013, and seized a laptop computer and several CD/DVDs, which Bremer must forfeit to the government. A forensic analysis was conducted at the Kirksville Regional Computer Crime Laboratory. No pornographic images of the reporting party were located; however, the analysis located approximately 1,472 photos and 40 videos which contained child pornography that appeared to have been obtained via the Internet. The content of the numerous images and video files include depictions of adults engaging in sexual conduct with prepubescent children, including toddlers.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, the government will seek a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.