Crystal Lake man pleads guilty to possessing images of child sex abuse, heads to prison

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to possessing child sex abuse material, was sentenced to six years in prison, and is required to register as a sex offender for life.Brian Lazaro, 23, who has no criminal history, pleaded guilty to the most serious Class X offense. Additional, less serious Class 2 felonies that would not have affected the sentence were dismissed in exchange for his plea, according to a judgment order filed in McHenry County court and signed by Judge Mark Gerhardt.According to the indictment against Lazaro, the offense to which he pleaded guilty involved him reproducing, disseminating or offering to disseminate “any film or similar visual reproduction or depiction by computer of a child” he knew or should have known was younger than 18 years “engaged in” a sexual act. During Lazaro’s initial court appearance last December, prosecutors said Lazaro had asked a stranger online for sexually explicit images of children ages 8 to 12. Lazaro communicated with a person he d