Woman who left cellphone at pub arrested for child pornography after giving bartender passcode to prove it was hers

Ashley M. Lynch was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with on six counts of possessing obscene material depicting child pornography as well as three counts of video voyeurism of a child less than 16 years old.

According to a probable cause affidavit, the investigation into Lynch began when on Dec. 23, 2023, when she went to O’Shea’s Irish Pub on Clematis Street, about 75 miles north of Miami. Lynch allegedly went to the bar that evening but left her cellphone behind when she went home. Lynch then called the pub looking for her phone and gave the bartender the passcode to unlock the device to prove it belonged to her.

“Upon unlocking her cellphone, the bartender observed Lynch performing sexual acts on a small dog,” police wrote in the affidavit.

Authorities obtained a search warrant and conducted a forensic review of the phone.