The Houlton Police Department arrested an Aroostook County man for allegedly distributing sexually explicit materials of a child, according to police.
Brian F. Hayes, 36, of Houlton was arrested on Nov. 25 following a several week investigation by the Houlton Police Department with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations and the Department of Health and Human Services, the police said in a Wednesday release.
On Nov. 3, a witness from Katahdin Trust Co. contacted the Houlton Police Department regarding seeing an adult male with child sexual abuse materials, police said.
As part of the investigation, officers seized a telephone and obtained a warrant for the phone’s content. During the investigation of the phone, there were several images of child sexual abuse material and other related information, police said.
After interviewing a second witness, police arrested Hayes on two felony counts and a misdemeanor.
He was charged with felony Class B dissemination of sexually explicit material, felony Class C possession of sexually explicit material and Class D misdemeanor, domestic violence criminal threatening.
If convicted, Hayes could serve 15 years behind bars.
He was lodged in the Aroostook County Jail and released on $3,000 bail.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
