Woman enters not guilty plea in porn case

Woman enters not guilty plea in porn case


By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff
Aroostook County Jail
Julie Bragdon-Carr, alleged Mars Hill sex offender. (Photo courtesy of Aroostook County Jail)

BANGOR, Maine — Mars Hill woman facing state charges of child sexual abuse pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court to production of child pornography.

Julie M. Carr, 31, agreed to be held without bail until her case is resolved.

She has been at the Aroostook County Jail unable to make bail of $50,000 cash or $100,000 surety on the state charges since her arrest.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk tentatively set Carr’s trial for Feb. 2.

Carr used a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct so she could post video on the Internet, according to the indictment dated Dec. 9.

She was arrested in June at her Mountain View Street residence, according to a story previously published in the Bangor Daily News, after agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency searched her home.

Carr came to the attention of state and federal law enforcement officials after the West Midlands police in the United Kingdom contacted ICE agents. English detectives were investigating child sexual abuse when they allegedly discovered recorded videos showing a woman committing sexual acts on a young child.

U.K. investigators concluded that the U.S. was the likely origin of the videos, which reportedly had been recorded from a live Web cast. Police traced the origin of that Web cast to Mars Hill, according to previous BDN stories.

This summer, Carr pleaded not guilty to state charges of gross sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor. Those charges are pending, according to the Aroostook County District Attorney’s Office.

If convicted of gross sexual assault, the most serious of the state charges, Carr faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000. If convicted on the federal charge, she faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

A conviction in state or federal court would require her to register as a sex offender.

If Carr is convicted and sentenced on the federal charge, the state charges most likely would be dropped. She appears more likely to serve a longer sentence under the federal mandatory minimum than she would in state prison.

The federal system also offers more comprehensive counseling for sex offenders while they are incarcerated that the state prison system does.

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32 comments on this item

She deserves to spend a long time in jail. What she did is so wrong and sick! Look at her. I wouldn't leave her alone with my child.

What has looks got to do with it? I know some very ugly women with hearts of gold. Not that what she has allegedly done is right but damn ... why does everyone have to bring looks into it.

lust in the eyes before using the brains to know, as to release inside anger of their self as for doing wrong and not got caught at it n bible said that the tongue the most dangerous weapon n plus more of the look as they are looking into a mirror at what . . .

"The federal system also offers more comprehensive counseling for sex offenders while they are incarcerated that the state prison system does."

Counseling? Bring back the death penalty. These people can't be cured.

Haha, good luck on changing the plea. Isnt going to work. They have her sorry tail on video acting with a minor, and she was foolish to do it on video. How numb can you get. Do the crime you will do the time. She is going to jail no matter what her plea is. With a face like hers she will be real easy to id on the vids.

We can castrate men, but what do you do with a female sex offender? Doing a hysterectomy and having her go through immediate menopause might work...

They do need intense counseling while they are incarcerated and we should demand that they have it. No missed classes!!

Bring back the stocks they used to display such kind out in public to bring out humility. This will be judged by the Lord, but in the meantime, humanity must deal with it.

Don't forget, she's a woman. In Maine that means 6 mos. probation and maybe she will have to register....

They got her on tape doing this, unless she has a ugly a twin as her she has no case, she may have well have plead guilty, cause she is, save us tax payers some $$$$$$ !!!!!!!

Did anyone notice that it says she agreed to be held without bail until her hearing??? She should be scared, very scared, she will rot in hell for the lives she destoryed.

Only in the hands of God will she ever pay for what she did to the child. She may go to jail where she will be feed and dressed. She will get classes on why it is wrong to touch a child but nothing can help the child themselves. It doesn't matter how much help the child recieves it will be with them for the rest of their lifes....and they will ask questions and want answers that no one can give them. It just isn't fair in the long run but that is the way it is....and they will get out on good behavlor believe me I know.....someone touched my child, was suppose to get 2 years, got 45 days and 15 days were suspended for good behavior.....why because there were no little kids to play with in jail!!!!!!!!!!

This women deserves the death penalty!! watch she will get a slap on the hand, get out of jail and do it again!! poor little victims they will be marked for life. so many adults out there looking for sex...... leave the kids alone!

She'll get off without much, wait and see. She's a woman, how can she be a monster?????LOL. YUCK!

She looks like my undead warlock from World of Warcraft

she can change the plea from not guilty to guilty. if they offer her sum form of deal she could change her plea. if she dont pled guilty and take the deal and it goes to jury trial she could and will get alot more time out of it either way they have proof that she did it and is going to the joint for a while. she desreves what she gets what she did was really really wrong and i hope she gets at least the maxium sentence in federal prison. then there gonna make her part of the wall of shame. she will be known as a diaper sniper the

Plea bargains should be wiped from the judicial system! Why should maggots like her receive anything that benefits them? ...Oh, and does this woman's shirt say "Bad Angel"? Classy!

sick sick sick.... OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!!! maine needs to have a death penalty, and she needs to stand in line for it.

this woman doesnt have a hell of a lot going for her

back off

Id blame her daddy or uncle buck

who probably tought her about love , and her mommy who stood by

and maybe her priest who counceled her

this stuff goes back countless generations

remember

every pervert starts out pure in the eyes of jesus

The sad side of this sick story is this...we all know that you just dont wake up one day and say "gee, I think I will do........this today" , or "gee I think I will rape, and kill, and steal today", we all know it does stem back to childhood. Can you imagine the parents of this "creature" not making ANY excuses for this POS, but unfortunately it all starts when your to little to "talk". Thank god for the internet police in UK, my husband is from England and sex and nudity is not the big deal there like it is here, BUT.....this is sick, and like a wild dog, she needs to be put out of her misery. Just think of all the "little ones" we dont know about yet. Keep digging Bangor Blue. Good Job here and across the pond.

Just one other comment, as I read the headlines I thought 'oh another prostitute case" and then I saw the picture!!!! You almost wish that it was some bad prostituting in place of a poor child.

There is something missing in her brain; WHY would ANYBODY want to have sex with a CHILD!? She needs to STAY in jail and die there of old age.

Oh, right she's not guility...SHE WAS ONLY CAUGHT ON VIDEO ABUSING A CHILD, the dumb b!@#h!

to bad maine doesnt have the death penalty she is a great candidate

This woman..Julie Bragdon-Carr...did to the child what was done to her. No..I don't know her and don't know about her life...but this is always the background of pedophiles. Like they say...it is a given. Someone equally monstrous did to her what she did to this child. Her counselors will discover that fact soon enough.... if not already. She is a danger to society and to herself. For her to be incarcerated is the best for all involved. Someone will have to guard and guide her victim to ensure the victim doesn't repeat what was done to her/him. The child's life is altered forever but there is every chance ..... with appropiate counseling and protection.....the victim can lead a healthy and productive life. Let us hope so at this season of peace and joy.

KikiEm, i pray she doesn't use that as an excuse!

CocoaNut. You pray she doesn't use that as an excuse.....she won't and she can't. I'm not excusing her of anything either...just stating a fact.

YOU CANT BEAT HER WITH AN UGLY STICK WELL MAYBE MIGHT MAKE HER LOOK BETTER NASTY LOOKIN @#$%^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The way this woman looks has nothing to do with her being a heinous, despicable human being. I would like to see her spend the rest of her life in solitary confinement, in a tiny cell without a window, fed slop and allowed to shower once a week at night so there was no chance of her getting a glimpse of sunshine. I am good with my tax dollars being spent on that.

she'll try to plea insanity (the devil made me do it) people know what they do and should be charged and jailed no matter if they try to play crazy or not, i believe people do these kinda things cuz no one else wants them and thier sex drive gets the best of them she probably agreed to be held without bail cause she know's she'll get her ugly butt kicked out in the open and not protected by our law system. just throw her in prison for about 40 years she does not need counsoling cuz she was well aware of what she did and there is really no help for sex offenders they do it cuz they r lonely.

LadyCubsFan, I like your thinking.

I am just glad society is finally seeing that these offenders are not only men but women also and maybe society will finally open their eyes and start doing more about the many evil crimes. I have zero tolerance on any crimes committed against children we as a people need to understand she is innocent until proven guilty but we need to bring more of these crimes to justice.

my footnote: I pray that this one child's cry for justice in Aroostook County can be blessed with new state laws fitting the reality seen in one child's eyes on camera and the killing of this child's soul.

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