October 23, 2012

Biddeford man pleads guilty to child-porn possession

From staff reports

PORTLAND — A Biddeford man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to one count of possession of child pornography.

Paul R. Rouselle, 45, faces up to 10 years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 6.

Homeland Security investigators in February learned that child pornography was being made available for sharing on the Internet from an IP address assigned to someone in Biddeford.

Law-enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Rouselle's home in May and seized a hard drive that contained more than 300 videos of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct, according to a court document.

Rouselle was arrested in Guam several days later. According to an investigator's affidavit, he had bought a one-way ticket from Portland to the Philippines.

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