Ex-Maine drug prosecutor pleads not guilty to child porn charges
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Ex-Maine drug prosecutor pleads not guilty to child porn charges


By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff
(Photo courtesy of WGME News 13)
James Cameron speaks during a 2001 interview with WGME-TV of Portland.

BANGOR, Maine — The state’s former top drug prosecutor pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to child pornography charges.

James M. Cameron, 46, formerly of Hallowell, was indicted Feb. 11 by a federal grand jury in Bangor on 16 counts of transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography between July 10, 2006, and Jan. 26, 2008.

He allegedly uploaded images of child pornography to an Internet-based Yahoo photo album using five different screen names. Cameron, according to the indictment, also transmitted digital images of child pornography using Google Hello, an Internet-based chat and file-sharing service.

The images of child pornography allegedly were found on Cameron’s home computers. His work computer was seized but no images were found on it, according to his attorney, Peter Rodway of Portland.

Information about what triggered the investigation of Cameron was not available Tuesday.

Cameron turned himself in to the U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday morning after his attorney learned over the weekend that Cameron had been indicted.

He confidently answered U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk’s questions and said, “Not guilty” before the court clerk completed the question “How do you plead, are you guilty or not guilty?”

“Jim never knowingly possessed child pornography,” Rodway said after the 20-minute arraignment. “Jim is relieved that this process has started, and he is absolutely committed and enthused about defending these charges.”

Cameron, dressed casually in light brown slacks and a light brown corduroy shirt, walked out of the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building on Harlow Street with Rodway after being released on bail. The two left together in a truck Rodway was driving.

The judge placed Cameron’s case on the June trial list to give his attorney the opportunity to sift through the “several large boxes” of discovery to be provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Rodway estimated it would take him at least 60 days to go through the evidence, which most likely includes images and e-mails from the seized computers.

Court documents do not indicate the number of computers seized from Cameron’s home. The search warrants that led to their seizure were filed in Kennebec County Superior Court and remain sealed.

If convicted, Cameron faces a minimum of five years but not more than 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Kravchuk set bail at $75,000 unsecured with conditions that he be released to the custody of his brother, Daniel Cameron, in Westland, Mich., surrender his passport, wear an electronic monitor and have limited use of the Internet. Conditions also call for Cameron’s Internet use to be monitored by the U.S. Probation and Pre-trial Services office in Michigan with special software to be installed on a computer at his brother’s home.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Gail Malone, who is prosecuting the case, asked that Cameron be held without bail until his case is resolved. She argued that Cameron should be detained due to the serious nature of the charges, because the alleged victims in the case were minors and because the alleged conduct lasted more than a year.

Malone also said that the defendant posed a flight risk because he had traveled out of the country over the past several months and back and forth between Michigan and Maine on several occasions. She also said that “wiping software” appeared to have been used “to erase evidence” on the seized computers.

Rodway told the judge that Cameron left his wife and children and went to live with his brother at his home in suburban Detroit, Mich., about a year ago after his home computers were seized by Maine State Police in December 2007. The investigation into whether Cameron had downloaded child pornography triggered a possible inquiry by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, the defense attorney said, and Cameron moved to Michigan, his native state.

Cameron traveled to Germany and Japan on business just before Christmas, Rodway said. The former prosecutor is starting an online business selling watches manufactured in Germany over the Internet. They will be marketed by a Japanese firm, the defense attorney said. Cameron’s other trips out of the country had been driving through Canada on trips to Maine, according to Rodway.

Kravchuk found that the conditions worked out by probation officials in Maine and Michigan were sufficient to insure Rodway’s appearance in court and denied Malone’s motion.

Cameron was working as an assistant attorney general in Augusta for former Attorney General G. Steven Rowe when the investigation began in December 2007. He was placed on administrative leave with pay that month, according to Kate Simmons of the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

He was fired in April around the time the investigation became public, but for reasons unrelated to the investigation’s becoming public, Simmons said Tuesday.

Efforts Tuesday to reach Rowe, who now works at Dana and Verrill, a Portland law firm, were unsuccessful.

Cameron graduated in 1984 from Kalamazoo College in Michigan and earned his law degree at the University of Detroit School of Law, according to an article previously published in the Bangor Daily News. He worked as an assistant district attorney in Kennebec and Somerset counties under former District Attorney David Crook.

He went on to take a position as an assistant attorney general in the Maine Attorney General’s Office and in 2000 was tapped as the state’s drug prosecution coordinator, the news article said. In that role he coordinated the prosecution of drug cases and the work of five other assistant attorneys general assigned to district attorney’s offices in York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, Kennebec and Penobscot counties.

Cameron also litigated cases before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and defended the state in civil cases in federal court in Bangor and Portland.

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No one can be trusted. Good god.

I say hang that B****** over an alligator pit, I will pay his one way ticket to the Everglades!!!!!!

A drug prosecutor in a federal prison for child pornography? Imagine the fun the inmates are going to have with this one!!!

This man has WASTED alot of our money in his career & now he is going to waste some more. String him up by his b@lls and let the citizens take care of that burden!!! I hate people that swear on a stack of books to up hold the law, protect & serve, blah blaaa blah & then do the most offensive crimes there are. HANG THEM ALL!!!

smartnup, you really have hit the nail on the head and it's even worse than we know. It appears that many of those who are in law and politics are there only to get away with breaking the very laws they claim to uphold.

I wonder how many people this loser had convicted that were innocent?

Lately I have been finding lots of tapes and such with a bigger horror story than this.

Wow his family must be so proud to see his picture in the papers and on the news...scary!!! this would be my worst nightmare as a parent or a wife...and does he have any kids ewwww. What a pervert...these sick minded people are everywhere!!!!

You notice the article says.... he worked as an assistant attorney general until the investegation became public. The good old boys network is still in place.

5-20 years..... wanna bet he gets 5 years with all suspended but 30 days?

-----'If' the new A.G. 'really' starts taking a look at her 'assistant A.G.'s' --- she will find at least one more 'problem'. -----

A certain overweight bald entity needs to be looked at----of course ; that's just a rumor------isn't it ???

sickntired...your post was spot on. He should've been removed from his position immediately, not after it became public.

I dont even see how they'll keep him alive in the pen anyhow. Inmates have very little tolerance for child predators and the fact that he is a prosecutor and has most likely sent a few of them up the river has will surely seal his fate on the inside. Even if they put him in PC he will never really be safe as believe it or not the COs have very little empathy either. Nothing will prepare him for the ride he's so rightfully has coming.

All the years he spent pushing his morality onto other people, and now this. How ironic.

Maybe he should of smoked a little pot instead of molesting kids

Seriously…WTF??

I mean ~ come on folks ~ now we have lawyers surfing the internet for child pornography?

It saddens me to think of what this world is coming to. Our children have this to look forward to when raising their children?

He’s an SOB that took advantage of his position in lfe, I hope the boys in the ‘big house’ show him a new position or two!

I'll bet money he will blame it on a mental problem and his friends in the AG office will make sure he doesnt do any time.Your right kate should chose weed.But he supposably is held to a higher standard and should get more time,but he wont.

"Peter Rodway, Cameron's Portland attorney, last year denied that his client was under investigation."

I wonder what the basis of Rodway's denial was. If he was representing Cameron in the matter last year, there obviously had to have been an investigation. Maybe he meant the investigation had been completed and was not ongoing at the time he made that statement. It's things like this that make me suspicious of statements by criminal defense lawyers. Really, when can you believe these guys?

The last thing I would do is suggest that a person harboring child porn is an upstanding citizen. But if his (or her) ONLY offense was possession of photographs, and the person never had ANY inappropriate contact, of any kind whatsoever -- sexual or otherwise, with underage children, why should that be considered a heinous and unforgivable crime against society.

Is this any different than suggesting that a person with hundreds of copies of the Holy Bible in their possession makes them a God Fearing and revered Christian worthy of respect and admiration if in all other ways they live their lives in a sinful, unlawful and dispicable manner?

Think about this for a moment. It isn't was a person does in private that adversely affects society, it's how they behave when interacting with all the other members of the population around them that really matters.

And they call us criminals !!!!!!!!!

I'll tell you a crime. Someone like LincolnMom who's on the computer all day instead with nothing better to do but shoot her BIG mouth off. As for the rest of you. Your absolutely right...

HANG THE SOB !! SAVE THE STATE FROM FEEDING HIM AND KEEPING HIM WARM , WHAT A BAS-ARD HIDING BEHIND THE LAW TO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF !!!! THERE IS NO CURE FOR THIS KIND OF TRASH EXCEPT DEATH .

A drug prosecutor in a federal prison for child pornography..lmaoooooo..its just to funny..hahahaaa. I guess he will get what he has coming..

he deserves the maximum.... child pornography leads to what...molestations???? and he walks with an ankle bracelet??? crime does pay i guess!

changing my ways to the criminal mind set..... 'cause we certainly do not have any gutsy judges. it's the court system itself that is corrupt! bet he knows dion

Seems to me this person has pleaded innocent. I think he is entitled to a trial before he is sent off to the penal system. The way the prison industrial system works this man will be sent to certain death. I just think he deserves a trial first. If he is found guilty then give him what he deserves. It is very easy to plant this type of evidence. I imagine this man has got a lot of enemies for many different reasons. At least give him a day in court before he is found dead in the prison system.

He should get what he has coming to him, but I doubt it, he has friends in high places.

now see why the public has to keep guns and ammo,wed be sittin ducks, if nobody had weapons except our law enforcment, way too many public officials are abusing thier positions in life to do crimes agaist the public sector , instead of passing no smoking laws these law makers ought to pass a few that ups the ante for these do gooders gone bad ,.,,,

sck1198, your view on this is so sick and twisted I'm not even sure where to begin. First off, when most hear the word pornography they associate it with sexually explicit material featuring consenting adults, but children are neither adults nor can they give legal consent. Child-abuse images, on the other hand, are crime-scene photos -- graphic evidence of the torture, rape, sodomy, and mistreatment of society's most defenseless members. To believe that viewing child porn is a victimless crime, and acts as a safety valve to avoid committing the deeds is just terribly wrong. The children involved are victims, and viewing porn will most likely numb offenders into needing the real thing.

Here's a reality check: more than a third -- 39% -- of the victims in these sex-abuse images (identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United State) are under the age of FIVE. Nineteen per cent of the children are under the age of THREE.

It's even worse when men get arrested with "just" pictures. There is a myth that this is a victimless crime: What harm can come from someone just looking at pictures? So let me get this straight sck1198 - your perception of this is -- better they look at pictures than go out on the street and grab a child? Well let me tell you something, not only were REAL children tortured in the manufacture of these images, there is mounting evidenced that viewing these degrading images pushes offenders into what psychologists call a "spiral of abuse," helping them to overcome their guilt and fear to the point where pictures are no longer enough and they need the REAL thing.

More than half of the offenders arrested for possession of child-abuse images in the United States were also found to be hands-on abusers.

A child never gets his or her innocence back.

Nor can a child ever get back the pictures of her abuse that become a permanent feature of the world's memory that the Internet has become.

It's time we changed the name we give these abuse images. It's time we changed our laws. It's time we changed our attitudes!!!

He pled not guilty....

I'll betcha they will find some images on his work computer, and this is what our tax dollars are paying for? sounds to me like Mr. Cameron had way too much time on his hands. and yet they are all asking for raises, makes me sick.

BURN IN HELL CHILD PORNIST

He pled not guilty and his former co-workers in Maine rule the court

How many times do I have to say that the State of Maine need a good over haul of the judicial system, and yes nobody can be trusted. Some of you have hit the nail on the head, good ole boy system in place, you are absolutely right. There are so many corrupt people that work in law enforcement, I don't mean all, but a large percentage that have committed crimes and got away with it because they are or think that they are above the law, I say if they commit a crime they should be punished twice as hard as anybody else because they are supposed to set an example and protect the people of Maine. Would you trust him now? I say investigate all agencies that are there to protect the public from idiots like this that waste our time and money. We are the tax payers and something needs to be done with these wastes.

kasdyln, thanks for that. i was going knock some sense in that monkey but you beat me to it.

other than that, i have a perfectly good solution to fix this problem. 86 the internet, 86 the television, 86 the cell phones, pagers, mp3 players, and all these other magical mystery consumer products that we can barely afford today, and, voila! we'll go back to sending telegrams and walking 300 miles to see our loved ones. do you any of you get what i'm saying?

perhaps if humans weren't so damn smart, we wouldn't be have so much time on our hands to be so f-in dumb! that's ok though, i'm sure it'll only get worse. I'm just a hippie anyway, perhaps i should SHUT UP.

This perv is worse than the people he was prosecuting. This is a nation of laws and I hope they apply to him too.

also i like to add, i know this one guy who i believe is a registered (maybe not) sex offender in mass. not only that, he's a coke head, a crack, and variety of other elixers for his head, he's had the ATF after him for concealing stolen sawed off shot guns, he's committed arsen, theft, and well.. this is just what i know... the moral of this story is he's trying to become a STATE TROOPER. He works for the fire department.... he's one of the biggest POS i've ever met and to think he might be a cop someday.... good luck to him.... and to this guy in the article.... they both should fry

Every time I write that the law enforcement in Maine is corrupt I get sh-- on.

Im a hippie too. unispun...

And forty-three years ago before cell phones and daily tv watching and ipods and all the "modern" conviences...I was the victim of an sexual exploitive pornographer who held a PHD... and was my father....the abuse continued for nine years...that defined my life to this day.

There are no victimless crimes sick 1198, the crime of poronography diminishes a child to the point that from my experience I have through this world dis -attached from my surroundings unable to form relationships and falling at the mercy of every violent scum bag on earth,,,law enforcment included.

The way the courts dealt with that was to remove me from the home. hMy father never stepped a foot in a courtroom but rather coontinued to teach for another twenty-three years.

The sickness of these scum has been around longer than technology...One never heals from this trauma...This much I know is true.

Hey sck1198, the article said that he uploaded pictures, not downloaded pictures. Where do you think that he got the pictures from?

I agree Freedomfighter, this persons crimes are far worse than those he's prosecuted, but I also agree he deserves a fair trial, although having been found with such a huge amount of child porn I really dont see how he isnt guilty.

And Brilliant post Kassdyln, now maybe sick1198 will respond to the truths that have been layed before him, because this is anything but a victimless crime.

rachael, touche. perhaps i should shut up. I guess i sense that it could at least be slowed down... the access to it would not be as easy and therefor would not be sought after as much because people would be greener to it.. perhaps... or perhaps i'm just a dreamer...

oh no not at all I think your right on in your post.

My deal is one can't stop a diddler.

they have an urge just like a junkie has to hit up a diddler has to diddle

Kids are their drug gets them off at the expense of another persons soul

As a result of my trauma my life has attracted me to scummy cho mos ( as a witness) and each time I report it the law shi-- on me because uasually i report crimes within the law.

Does that make sense?

Our courts are full of criminals that are within a different spectrum of criminal activity but when it comes to professionals ( who tend more than not to offend with children) the stats are lower because they are protected by their co-horts and communities.

I spent three years in Maine witnessing only to be thrown out of the stae when the reality came to close to home for law enforcement and legal workers as well...the closer the fire the hotter the heat the more I was burned.

We live in a society where crimes against children don't dont stay in one spot they go world wide.

Sexual trafficking of children is one of the largest industries in the world.

my heart breaks because you cant take the life of a child and exploit them and use them and harm them and not expect a repercussion that resounds throughout the world

our society has placed itself in a self serving conglamorate of Legal drug use in Methadone in Maine and poronography and corruption that feeds itself again and again through child exploitation.

We are desensitizing our masses through media representaion and the constant reiteration of sexual exploitation and violence no less than the propogandists of the Holocaust.

We need to be proactive and bring the plight of child sexual exploitation to light by implementing harsher sentences and more community education

I wonder how the State Meter Maids messed up so bad that one of there own was made public??? or could it be that there really is some that are human???...........................Nah! someone must of messed up and let the cat out of the bag, and to many people knew to keep it quite.

But if not than someone deserves some serious Kudos for this bust!!!

Response to Mainer50 (and to kasdyln):

If he did in fact UPLOAD such photos, I would agree with both you and "kasdyln" that he commited an act worthy of appropriate punishment. If he was involved in any way with the taking of the photographs, I would agree that he should be prosecuted. If by PURCHASING such photos he provided a monetary profit motive that induced more photos to be taken by some unidentified photographer, then this should be punishable in some fashion. But from what I have read, he is simply accused of being in POSSESSION of some pictures. If I am in POSSESSION of a firearm, does that imply that I am going to unlawfully shoot someone? If I am in POSSESSION of some money, is that prima facie evidence that I STOLE IT from someone? Nothing that a person possesses in total privacy inherently affects others in society unless there is more to the story than the mere possession. What would "kasdyln"'s next advocacy be --- that masterbation be regarded as a crime against society --- because it MIGHT somehow later provoke the person to commit a sex crime against another person? Hell, why not repeal the entire Bill of Rights in the US Constitution? If a person passionately speaks out against the Government, than this MUST be a clear indication that he is going to physically harm some government official or politician or blow up a government building somewhere, right? AS LONG AS AN ACT DONE IN TOAL PRIVACY DOES NOT HARM OTHERS IN SOCIETY IN SOME IDENTIFIABLE WAY, their actions are, by definition, not socially harmful and should not be declared intrinsically illegal. That what living in a FREE SOCIETY is supposed to mean !!!!!!! In life is isn't what you possess that matters, it's how you obtained it and what you do with it THAT AFFECTS OTHERS that matters.

izdawnie: Yeah I agree....and there should be plenty of huge snakes and alligators in the Everglades to take care of the job!!

You are right seeult: Better get him down into the Everglades and dump him in, and soon, before the "mental defenses" start up!

Children are so innocent and defenseless, and become the victims (and scarred for life) of these evil evil "individuals". There is no defense for this kind of evil.

kasdyln: Thanks for what you wrote; the facts, the insight, the truth. Right on!

FRY AND DIE!

sick1198 you should change you name to sicko

There are children being sexually exploited you loser!

Those pictures define the world not just his jerkin off lifestyle!

sck1198, even being in possession of these type of photographs, c-mon what type of person is this? definitely not someone I want ant trust as a public figure.

sick1198 you are comparing apples to oranges. They are no where near in the same realm of thinking, unless of course you're of the same type of character as the accused. Sick1198 writes "Nothing that a person possesses in total privacy inherently affects others in society unless there is more to the story than the mere possession" WRONG. Supply and demand continue the exploitation of children. I'd think this would be common sense to even the slowest of individuals

Sick1198 also writes " What would "kasdyln"'s next advocacy be --- that masterbation be regarded as a crime against society --- because it MIGHT somehow later provoke the person to commit a sex crime against another person?" No sick1198, masterbation is healthy and normal, BUT masterbating while watching toddlers being repeatedly raped and asulted WILL no doubt lead to crimes againsnt humanity because it is such a vile and sick act that anyone who could WATCH let alone masterbate is indeed one sick mutherf*cker. And lets face it, a person doesnt possess such images unless they are using them for sexual gratification.

Sorry sick1198, but all you've done solidify kassdyln post and also further prove yourself to be just as effed up as the perpetrator.

Thanks you Paleshadows I coulndt have said it better myself...God bless you!

Paleshadows, you're right and all they will do is order some sort of psycho evaluation on him, and say something like, he was mentally stressed out at the time the photos was found, and this was not the type of character we expected from Mr Cameron at all.

Dont forget about the rest of the criminals with a badge, Kind of reminds me of the Warren Cole case were the State Police in gray fed him kids via the Cub Scouts for 40 years, There is always more going on with this type of charicter, Mabe the AG's office is a safe house to this and other activity, It would be a small word with little to no oversight. The out come of a case like this will tell you how deep it goes, and who bends over to repay anay favors for this kiddie porn watching justice official.

BTW pictures are the act of sexual abuse, like a trophy displayed for others, these people searching the internet or in the schoolyard are in the early stages of commiting sexual abuse, atleast consiously dabbling, thats why youre friends are all getting busted sck1198

Question; how bad does it have to have been for a big fish like this to have been caught?

It has to get really bad I know...it has to get really f--cking bad!

When I post about my experience with witness in Maine most the commentors tell me to shut up or get over it but when I started telling the truth in Maine about law enforcement corruption the law started giving me a hard time and wouldn't answer a protection order and then they contributed to my being hurt really bad mentally.After I put an order out.

When i took a cop to court the rape centers cut me off because they had law enforcement spouses and friends.

They began to threaten with imprsonment for filing false claims and more...One cant tell the truth about law enforcement and government crimes in Maine because they will harm you I wasn't even allowed to have an attorney when I was harmed.

But the good ol boy court told me I needed one and I didnt do anything wrong.

There was a drug using cop and really bad crimes happening.

As a matter of fact on one of the posts here a copswife and some civil employees were telling me to leave the site because I told the truth.

Maine protects child abusers and pedophiles it's a breeding ground for them...And there are always new ones to molest because once they are all used up they just channel them into the methadone industry and create a new crop of children to harm..

methadone is another governmental crime

Rachel, yeah methadone is bad, yet to see anyone ever get off it. so sad.

or to see a child born going through withdrawl is so heartbreaking little babies

If I were to poesess a nucular war head with no intension of detionation, am I Harmlessly enjoying the freedoms of the constution? Or am I trying to convince myself and others of the oddvious. Lawyer UP Sck1198 you just stepped on your dick, A lot of people read this bull$hit...

LMAOROTF! Lawyer UP...

As an incest survivor, it's difficult for me to even attempt to look at this case from a rational viewpoint. However as a journalist and someone who has worked in our justice system as both a professional and a witness -- the latter to tell my story as a way to corroborate my sister's testimony against our father, the perpetrator -- I'm going to focus not on the emotional issues here but on the facts, at least those as per the Bangor Daily News story.

Fact: Cameron was indicted by a federal grand jury on 16 counts of transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography over a period of more than a year-and-a half. (That's 16 counts, folks, of transporting, receiving and possessing -- a whole lot more than just looking at "harmless" photos in the privacy of his own home.)

Fact: Cameron worked as an assistant attorney general until the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit investigation became public last spring. (Does the state truly not relegate to administrative leave employees under investigation by a State Crimes Unit?)

Fact: According to the indictment by the federal grand jury, Cameron allegedly uploaded and transmitted images of child pornography using five different screen names. (Five names, did he? Simply to look at "harmless" photos in the privacy of his own home? Yeah, right.)

Fact: Cameron’s attorney last year denied that his client was under investigation. (So much for the public image of lawyers...)

Our justice system does indeed stipulate that we are innocent until -- and unless -- proven guilty. But if I were on the jury and presented with the facts reported above -- especially since I'm assuming they're more than adequately substantiated -- you'd better believe I'd not only not only want that slimy perp to rot in a cell but also would want to know why he was allowed to continue to work as an assistant attorney general while he was being investigated. As for Cameron's attorney's denial that his client was under investigation, where's the State Bar and its ethics commission? Something is indeed rotten in the state of Maine...

Ah sck1198 He was looking a child porn do you have any idea what those children go through. Does that sound like a good time to you. Do you have children niece or nephew. Children should not be treated this way. Would you have enjoyed to be those poor children when you were a child. I can't believe you wrote that, for all the innocent children out there I am sorry for such filth. IZDAWNIE I love it you can't imagine how many times I have said the exact same thing GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. .................................................................

Like we wont be reading about this guys suicide within the next few months,it will save us all time and money,the sick b-a-s-t-a-r-d.

How about a town covering up child sexual abuse? I came from a town that from teachers to grandparents had been known to abuse and the victims wre told to shut up. I know I was one of them. When I told the local librarian that her daughter was all most a victim as well, she told me that to mind my own business and to suck it up!!! So, one can see how prevalent child sexual abuse can be. The local school hired a teacher that on his last job, he was accused of fondling girls and was quietly dismissed. Came to this town and was having a field day with the girls. He had a wife and two daughters. He divorced his wife and got together with one of his students and then married and then went to live with another woman and worked in the substance abuse field, now isn't that a great place to find more victims? But, everything was hushed up, the good old boy network alive and well at the expense of children whose lives are forever changed because of the attitudes of the people in this town....how many more perps live there and are still preying on the children?

He'll soon have a pair of t!ts tattoo'd on his back

Drugs are bad, mmmm-kay.

Being a skinner in prison is worse, mmmm-kay...

The REAL INVESTIGATION of James Cameron should be of the atrocities he comitted in his drug prosecutions.I know of one young man doing 8 years in Maine State prison because of Camerons corrupt ways. I, myself was prosecuted by this man Cameron, I believe in 2001. I was prosecuted for a period of two years before the case was dismissed 10 days before a jury trial. The real culprits in my prosecution was the MDEA and the AG's office. It cost me 60K to defend against a malicious prosecution where, in the end, justice was never served, the real offenders were never revealed. When I did an expose' on the truth a couple of years later after I gathered alll my evidence, nobody wanted to hear BOUT IT. Imagine having to spend your life savings to defend against something that you were never guilty of and in the end , never get a friggen apology let alone justice. Some of that 60K was spent on investigating Cameron and his political connections. It was the information that I discovered that brought about the dismissal. They facilitated the MDEA agent in leaving the State to avoid a subpeona for my trial. MAine sucks in its present judicial condition. This surely was not my perseption of retirement to the State of Maine when I decided to retire here.YES, THERE IS CORRUPTION IN MAINE. YES, THERE IS A GOOD OL' BOY NETWORK.If someone knows how to set up a blog, please do so and name it "TRUTH IN JUSTICE FOR MAINERS". Come back to this Post section and let us know how to connect and form an alliance to effectuate change. If I did not have the money to defend against malicious prosecution, I would have been convicted and the case swept under the carpet.. For those who would like to see change in Maine, ya' all need to band toggether through a blog. Power is in numbers. My story , I am sure, is just one of many nightmares experienced by other Mainers. Lets band together and do something about it. Commenting in this comment section is going to nothing for the future of Maine

Attend his trial and make it known why you are there.

You all sound like a posse ready to string the guy up and all you have is what your read in the BDN, a newspaper that you usually accuse of bad reporting (I agree). He probably is guilty, but he still deserves a trial. When we lose the right to being innocent until proven guilty, we are ALL in trouble.

sck1198 after reading your last response I would lay Vegas odds that you are either the accused, a friend or familiy member of the accused, or someone who engages in this type of disgusting behavior. So all I've got to say is wow....just....wow.

Even money it's a frame up because he learned a little too much about the 'officially sanctioned' dope ring(s) and threatened to blow the whistle.

Thats my sister leahsg!

I love her to pieces!

I dont lie I am a witness in Maine and the corruption goes around and around all the way to the top!

This is a sad case this guy should get double the normal time in jail. He was supose to be setting the stanard not breaking it.

Jimbow mainer ALL of you who have come forward I just spent the last year of my life running for my life for my witness what can we do to come forward as a strong group? Please I have an email address if anyone is interested in begining a strong point to have these losers taken out of office and their positions of authority who are indeed part of the crime and those in the rape response and crisis community reevaluated and a new system that is adaquate begun! quitesure23@hotail.com Please Maine is too beautiful for hate and crimes against children or ayone We nneed to get the good ol boys and their women out of there!

Even the Maine coalition against violence outsed me!

Yes JW it is the drugs Methadone being what it is a legalized trafficking of drugs please contact meat quitesure23@hotmail.com I have to go work...God Bless all of you decent citizens who are more powerful than you think!

I blew the wistle on the drugs the pedophiles I have the evidence...I am serious I want to start a coalition to stop the crimes...They have destroyed the fundemental root of Maine the purity and the beauty

What is ugly has been made beautiful in front of the public

Satoria you are part of the problem

Response to "Pale Shadows":

You had better stay away from the Vegas casinios (and Hollywoods Slots too) because you would loose you shirt! I live nowhere near Bangor, had never even heard of the accused before reading the BDN article, leave alone being related to him in any way, and have never nor would consider engaging in such behavior or condone other family members from doing so. Like many of the other single-digit IQ responders to my previous comments, you are reading between the lines and impusively arriving at conclusion based on things that you WANT TO BELIEVE or have heard from others --- not the specifics statements contained in my comments. But people like you have minds are too lacking in cerebral neurons to comprehending the real message I was trying to deliver.

Rachel...you seem to forget we have a justice system in place. If the guy is guilty, hang him. I'm ALL for that!! But when you advocate for ANYONE to be hung before being found guilty by a jury of his/her peers, you are advocating for a loss of YOUR and MY Constitutional rights. What you are suggesting is we change the Constitution and hang people we believe committed a crime just because the thought of what they might have done is revolting. Guilty without a trial. This is America, not the Middle East or Soviet Union. There is a reason why our forefathers included the right to a fair trial. There were too many henchmen with a personal grudge and were hanging happy...... like you. You are too emotional to make a rational judgment. I am sorry you were a victim, but you will continue to be a victim as long as you allow yourself the live the victim role. I hope you get some help so you can move on and stop living in the past.

sck1198 - if we're all reading your comments and we're all missing the brilliant point you were trying to make, then I suggest it is not the readers who have the problem. Have you considered the possibility that you're not especially good at writing? Your original point seems to be that viewing pictures of children being coereced or forced to have sex is a victimless crime. Has is occured to you that children were molested & photographed so that people can look at those images in the "privacy of their own homes". If you're going to argue that viewing child porn in private is a victimless crime, then either you're the one with the single digit IQ or you have a very dangerous thought pattern that leads me to wonder what's on your hard drive.

i think they found enough stuff to charge him, you can't always hide behind a computer, this time it will bite him back. to sick198 and saltai, i wonder what they would find on your computers, probably the same you are no better than that coward hiding behind a desk, being paid by taxpayers a very good wage putting away drug pushers. you are no better, you r worse cause you have ruined kids lives. these are not fake photos they are looking at, these are real victims in these photos. chances are, we won't even hear any more bout it cause it will be swept under the rug, after all, he is a lawman, lol.

and if you think he deserves a fair trail, which he should, i wonder how many people he put away with b.s. evedince he fabricated. i sure hope he gets a "fair trail" like some of the people he had put away.

anthoine...I don't think this is an LOL matter and quite frankly, you seem rather ignorant by putting lol in your post on this subject. Further, you apparently missed my point. I am not suggesting this is a victimless crime. Of course those children are victimized when photos are being taken.

WHAT I AM SAYING (I'll try saying it a bit louder so you get it) IS EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THE CRIME, HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING, SOMETHING YOU AND OTHERS DON'T SEEM TO GET BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO BLINDED BY YOUR EMOTIONS TO UNDERSTAND. DO YOU GET IT NOW? YOUR COMMENTS WOULD BE LAUGHABLE IF THEY WERE NOT SO IDIOTIC.

anthoine....What did he nail you for? How much time did he send you away for? You really shouldn't be so bitter, it will only serve to shorten your life.

sck1198, are you for real? Are you really comparing images of children being sexually assaulted to copies of the holy Bible? If you can't see the difference, there is something wrong. And do you honestly think that possessing hundreds of images of children being sexually assaulted isn't hurting anyone, even this person himself has not engaged in such activity? Because of the receiving and transmitting of such images, it PROMOTES sickos to hurt other children, let alone the children who are already on these images, who have had no protection against such assaults. GET REAL!! EDUCATE YOURSELF!!

Right on kasdyln. Your comments are absolutely correct. And anyone like sck1198 out there who thinks that child pornography is a VICTIMLESS crime should educate themselves.

To Bangorian:

The message I have been trying to deliver is that it isn't the VIEWING of such photograph that is the crime, it's the individual(s) who coereced or forced the childen to perform such acts to facilitate the photograph being taken who committed the heinous crime or those to sell or distribute the photos in a manner that could promote the taking of additional photos. These are the persons that need to be proscecuted and severely punished. Are the two activities related? Perhaps. But there is still a distinction between the two that you and all the others seem unable or unwilling to comprehend or to acknowledge. And NO --- there has never been materials of this type my hard drive, nor will there ever be any in the future. Stop trying to assign and/or infer ulterior motives to my speaking out on this issue in this manner !

sck1198....I understand what you are saying. Here is another analogy however. A person smokes pot in his/her house. The are not hurting anyone, but the possession of it is illegal. Then there are the people who sell it to John Doe to smoke in his house. If there were no demand for the pot, there would be no one selling it. Hence, if there were no child porn viewers, there would be no "pushers" of the photos and no innocent children being used. I don't know, but this might be how they are thinking. It's difficult to tell because they seem to take this guys offense so personally.

M point was rather different in that they are all quick to hang the guy before really knowing all the facts, or giving him a fair trial. Even though our comments are from different perspectives, it would appear that you and I are the only voices of unemotional reason around here.

Corruption is alive and well in the justice system. I've personally had an Orono cop who used to follow me around town because he personally disliked me; was riding in a car that got hit head-on near Portland by a 19 year old on coke and alcohol at the time (and fled the scene) and then watched him get off without even a trial because his daddy is a judge.

sck1198, why do you continue your plight to convince the BDN readers that viewing graphic images of the torture and rape of small children isn't a crime? The more vitriol YOU write, the more YOU infer that there is an alterior motive behind YOUR posts. Sorry, but I believe you will fail miserably at trying to convince any sane person that VEIWING graphic images of toddlers having their insides ripped apart isnt a crime. The fact remains that the only individuals who would EVER defend this type of behavior are the ones with the same morbid thoughts...either that or they're a lawyer....hmmmm.

My original post contains enough evidence and research to prove that viewing such photographs IS a crime. If you cant see that I'm afraid there isn't much more I can say.

And FWIW Saltoria, I do believe everyone deserves a fair trial...even if mounting evidence suggest guilt from the beginning. I understand your point, but also don't think we can compare cannabis possession to graphic images of children enduring torture as they are far from parallel. However, I would agree if you had used MWDs as an example as I believe the damage is quite comparable.

Saltoria We have a CORRUPT justice system in Maine I dont forget justice I am fighting for it every day of my life

I am fighting it through the federal government outside of Maine.

Personal grudge my a-s!

Move on my as- its losers like you that support corruption.. am making strides such as you hve o concept about Justice

I am the victim of a police crime and government crime becaus I EXPOSED LOSERS LIKE Cameron and losers like you dfend them and attempt to pull honest decent women like me down and call us emoitianl and because I harbor emotions there am irrational Go Suck a root!

Saltoria teling not to feel bitter and how to feel shows me you have some serious control issues..

Well "kasdyln" you're obviously one of the people in this world who will believe what you want to believe. Perhaps you should become a member of the "Flat Earth Society". There's probably still a few folks around who are remain convinced that the world must be flat or otherwise we would all fall off into empty space. "Torture and rape of small children" and "Images of toddlers having their insides ripped apart" are your words, they were never mine!

None of the above persons who have commented on this story have any idea what they are talking about with regards to Jim Cameron or the court system. One persons personal defects, while illegal, do not reflect in any way on the legal system, or the Attorney General's office. It is stated in the article that he did not use his work computer for his searches, and he was not fired solely because the investigation became public. People that have nothing better to do than comment a story on someone who has children that live in the area and are affected by this are offensive and should find something constructive to do with their frustrations. Also, his prosecution work was uncorrupted, like the rest of the courts. Just because you may be on the losing end does not mean that they are corrupt.

One final thought to share with "kasdyln":

There is an old adage that has been around for a very long time that I would like to leave you with:

" In order for a crime to be committed, there has to be a victim --- and the victim has to be someone other than the perpetator".

Think about this in the context of what I have written in my previous comments. "NOT WHAT YOU AND OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN, BUT WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN. Good Day !!!

Ok sck1198...whatever you have to tell yourself to get through the day. Here's a final thought for you. I genuinely fear for any child that is ever in your presence unsupervised, as you clearly believe that possessing such images is harmless.

Lawdrf your a monon read the post by leahsg she knows what she is talking about your the dummy!

kasdyln: you said, "My original post contains enough evidence and research to prove that viewing such photographs IS a crime." That is a PERFECT example of what I am talking about. You and others convict people for something that you don't know anything about, not just in this case but others as well. You take information from the BDN and become the judge and jury based on what you have read. If having some facts is enough to convict someone for anything, then why don't we just do away with the courts system and leave "justice" up to lunatics like you and everyone else on these forums. The court system is far from perfect, but it is better than the alternative...YOU! I don't know how many times I have read an article reported by BDN staff and then read every "expert" opinion by people like you.

Rachael: As a former mental health worker, I am serious when I say you need help. I don't say that to be offensive, but it is clear that you are experiencing delusions of grandeur. There is medication you can take to treat it. Please don't wait!!

Lawladorf How corrupt are you and where is the state bar ethics comittee?

I think that is a good question.

Saltoria are you no longer working in mental health care because of your...? Thanks for the diagnosis doctor...

Saltoria there is enough evidence brought forward to posecute the creep.. Your inability to see the victimatzaion of children who are being photographed in a pornographic way as a crime leads me to believe you have secrets..Thats my expert opon...

How old are you exactly Rachael? I am a dummy?

Maybe there is Rachel, or is that Judge Rachel esq. I'm merely pointing out that it is not your job to determine a persons' innocence or guilt. I understand that you "think" you have all the facts, but what are you basing your facts on... what you read in the paper? Since when do people so much faith in the BDN to provide accurately? If they (whoever they is) wanted to protect the guy, why did they even investigate him? Why not look the other way?

I know those are a lot of questions, Rachael, but with your expertise and special powers, I'm sure you can answer each one.

The fact is this...Cameron was indicted by a federal grand jury on 16 counts of transporting, receiving and possesing child poronography over a period of over a year and a half.

He worked as an asistant attorney general until the Miane state computers crme unit investigation became public last spring. (The state doesnt regulate administrative leave employees under investigation by a state crimes unit?)

According to the indictment by the federal grand jury ameron alegedly uploaded and transmitted images of child poronography using five different screen names.

Camerons attorney last year denied that his client was undeer investigation...(A lying lawyer imagine that!)

I believe because of substantiated eveidence..he is guilty..but the court will decide.

As for hois lawyers denial that his client was under investigation where is the state bar and ethics comimision?

Or to qoute my sister...Something is indeed rotten in the state of Maine...

BTW ..Rachael...I NEVER said that children are not victims of sexual predators. That is a perfect example of where you get the "facts" wrong and should NOT be practicing as the judge and jury for ANYONE! I am glad that you made that mistake because it goes a LONG WAY TO PROVE MY POINT ABOUT HAVING A JUSTICE SYSTEM, AS IMPERFECT AS IT IS. I WOULD RATHER BE IN THE HANDS OF OUR COURTS THAN IN THE HANDS OF A VICTIM WHO THINKS EVERYONE IS A PERPETRATOR. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR ILLNESS SO I FORGIVE YOU.

I can read the article as well as you can Rachael. I thought perhaps you actually KNEW something other than what a one sided reporter reports. If I had to go the bank, I'd say the guy is guilty, but it's not my job (nor yours) to judge. That, my friend is the point I have been trying to make. I know you still don't get it because you are hell bent on getting even for crimes committed against you, but that is why I wouldn't want you judging me...you are WAY too emotiona.

Have a nice evening..I'm going to listen to a voice of reason..Glenn Beck!!l

Maybe this Law Enforcing Lawyer will get that Judge over to Dover that was out in that 12 foot boat Drunk while 2 buddies drowned He seemed to have the only Life Jacket.......................................................................................From the Cops to the Courts have been not enforcing the Law but THINK they are above it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is Steven Segal when He is needed???????????????????????????

I am not a judge or a jury I am a nice lady...And I am a nice lady who is thanking the lord you no longer practice health care...

I too, am a survivor of horrible acts as a child...... I do not condone any such behavior, but I agree with lawadorf's comments. This is not a reflection on the entire legal system. Does anyone know this man personally? All so quick to judge when you complain of how you were quickly judged as well. The suicide and death comments are most disturbing because it just shows how easily you seem to take pleasure in one's demise without seeing the evidence or allowing this man a fair trial at all.....It saddens me to know that there are such people in this world and goes to show that many people are not "fair" , yet they expect fairness when it comes to their own circumstances. I know this man and trust me, there was noone more shocked with this news. At least as you think of his torture, death and fantasize of the Everglades, think of his family which I am sure are suffering greatly. God forbid you have a family member that causes you pain, embarrassment, sadness and anguish.... It is nice to know that so many "perfect" people are out there.

sck1198 - you're absolutely dead wrong to split hairs on this issue and I am not willing to make such a distinction. Abusing children, either directly (physically) or indirectly (by creating demand for such photographs) is disgusting, deplorable behavior and should always end with a prison sentence. Your thinking is dangerous.

Saltoria - I'm all for people smoking pot in their own homes, but keep in mind that no one has to injure a child to make it possible. You are not making a fair comparison with your example.

Bangorian ...Amen to that! God bless you!

Saltoria I have re-read your posts and I figured you out...Your an abuser! "There is a medication for you." That is what abusers say when they need to dominate and gain power.

You being an ex mental health worker I am certain you undertsand...

yawdem, you are so right. I was waiting for someone to mention this.

talk about the perfect job to get what he wanted and get away with the crime he was in a position to blackmail anyone he prosecuted to get what he wanted who knows how many got off just for showing him what he wanted to see hope he gets life

Rachael1962,are you off your zoloft or something?Honestly people can you say "schitzophrenic",Wow I must be out of the loop because I know nothing about all of this law enforcement kiddie porn and corruption,and so many of you people being drug through the mud on fabricated drug charges that squandered your savings and ruined your lives.I actually think the Maine legal system is way to easy on you druggy b-a-s-t-a-r-d-s,If you dont like it here take your a$$e$ over the state line.I personaly think your meds need to be increased.If this sick mo-fo is guilty,as we all think,he will pay,hell if he's guilty he'll never make it to court,loosers like this always take the easy way out,maybe there is a big rig with his name all over it.

Pedophiles love to look at kiddie porn, there's always a beginning, so don't say that the ones that "only look" are innocent... They are not, and having kiddie porn DOES adversely affect society and it's children!!

There are a couple of people who have made comments here, who should have their computers searched. I bet they hold more than just "family pictures".

Rachael1962 sounds like she"s well informed. Having just dated a woman abused as a child,what she says is RIGHT ON THE MONEY. The old boy network is alive and well in dear old Maine. Abused children are NEVER able to put it behind them. Due to the abuse as a child my ex was unable to trust and lets not even get into the second personality. Hateful,mean and out to screw you over at the drop of a hat. You go Rachael1962 and show the "protected ones" whats what !!!!!!!!!!!

Rachael1962 is passionate about her cause. She's obviously endured significant abuse at the hands of people who were in positions of authority and she came up swinging. It's people like Rachael1962 who bring to light the horror stories and hidden agendas of those who commit such horrific crimes and I commend her for that. People like Rachael1962 will be the ones who commit to making change happen so that victims will not fall prey again.

Those that hold a public office certainly know better than to cross certain lines and the "good ole buddy system" is alive and well in every corner and crevice of society, why would any of you believe it to be any different in the legal sector? This country needs a good cleaning.

Ok folks, what happened to "Innocent until proven GUILTY" if he is found guilty by the judicial system, then at that point all these comments are valid and I stand corrected !

Richard there is no drug big enough to take away the mental anguish associated with sexual abuse.

Therefore I think you are a loser.

One who re-victims a victim is actually a double loser.

To those of you who in your compassion have been supportive of me God Bless You and thank you for your input...

sck1198 What do you think he left the country for? He was probably making arangements to take advantage of another child. He is smart enough to know how to do it over seas. Also, If you look you are interested. NOBODY should be interested in watching a child be violated or tricked into something that is EVIL!!!

He is a FAT CAT THAT should be hung by is B@!ls !!! I HATE People that commit crimes against children!!!! BURN IN HELL YOU POS!!!

Saltoria How true you are. I dont have any faith in the system. look at the stupid laws they come up with daily. You think that the monkeys in the system can see right from wrong? Of coarse they cant. They are to worried about the loops. This man has infringed on the rights of a child. The Marshalls wouldnt have been there if they didnt have the evidence. END OF STORY!!! That should be his trial followed by a swift hanging by the Very Citizens that he has sworn to protect!! BULL SH!T!!! HANG HIM!!!!

Possession of pornography and he is holding a high position prosecuting drug cases? Then when he's finally fired, he's permitted to travel all over the world in pursuit of his latest business ventures? No way he can be prosecuted fairly - get a judge from another state if necessary to hear this case, some sort of special prosecutor - no one here can hear this case and remain unbiased. Not all people in law, etc., are corrupt, but a as a former cop myself, I had to get out of the buiness, or risk being set up because they knew, the ones who were violating the law themselves that I would not turn my face and cover for them or shut up if they did something in front of me. I just couldn't live with myself and do that, so knowing I could never change the sytem - who would believe me? I had to get out when I realized that when working nights, I couldn't count on several of them to back me home on mv stops, etc. Not all cops are bad, but there is an unspoken law and we all know it - if you don't stand up and cover for your co-workers, then you're considered a rat. I'd give my life to protect a co-worker, but I wouldn't cover up for their illegal acts. No way.

There are lots of good cops, and others in law that feel the same way, so I'm not the only one. But I wasn't a Serpico either.

This guy does have kids I believe. I feel sorry for the family. They have to suffer the same of the Father's illegal acts. And there's evidence that someone tried to wipe the hard drives clean? There are programs that can wipe a hard drive and make it nearly impossible to retrieve what was on it. Another situation of letting a crooked creep walk.

Saltoria ~Stay out of the line of fire and you dont have to worry about CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. What about the inocent victims rights? They didnt get a trial before these sinful deeds where done by someone they probably loved and trusted. It is all of you MORONS who have such faith on a law written for a particular situation. I dont have anyfaith in a system created by greedy, proud, boastful, men. This man is guilty. He may get off b/c of some bu!ll Sh!t loop in our fabulouse system. So dont brag this system up. The only ones who beleive it it are the guilty ones.

I dislike skinners as much as the rest of you. . .but he is still innocent until proven guilty. That is one fundamental right we should not forfeit no matter what the crime. . .no matter how tempting.

Rachel, to really become a survivor, you need to forgive those who have hurt you. And you need to put those people out of your mind forever. They simply cannot keep hurting you if you keep them out of your life. Once you can stand back with forgiveness and conviction, you will be free to move on. Do not let it define your life. My rape/assault came on the last day of February and for a long time that was a tough time of year for me, until twelve years later, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on the first of March. Coincidence, maybe. Fifteen years after that, my husband passed away on the 28th of February. I met my husband if February too. But I no longer have time to worry about what happened to me that night 27 years ago.

One of the things they had me do in therapy was make a timeline of my life and place on it the moments that defined my life. At the time that was always first. I did it again recently and didn't realize until days later, they didn't even make it to my timeline. It was marked by jobs, meeting my husband, marrying, having my kids, finding another whole new career, promotions, travel. Now I am disabled (that happening on March 3), but that wouldn't probably make it to my timeline either because I have so much more time to give my kids, right now, while they really need me

Eveninggrain iIwish you had stayed a cop...We need more honest decent cops...They and the DA s office destroyed me becuase I wouldnt look the other way.I have no criminal hisyory , but they did something worse then imprisoning me.

.And Saltoria if you have a problem with my being emotional try living what I have witnessed.and no support after...I can appreciate you wanting the evidence that is just...but the evidecne that has brought him before a court is quite large and I know these pedipholes in our government.

Maine is corrupt very corrupt within the judicial system they really are good ol boys and the women that support them...The corruption travels and grows like a malignancy...

I understand what you are saying Raysgurl and thank you for thet.

Time is difficult still because the investigation in process and the constatnt trigger of the crimes commited not just agiant me but there were many people both adult and children involved.

I thank God I found some help a few weeks ago, and my family is a support system

The hard part is knowing that the DA covered up the crimes and I was left with no support this past year.

I was denied access to ALL servcies dealing with trauma (rape crisis legal ect) But I didnt back down.

Because the corruption carried thorugh to the department of justice i was so pissed i took the proper steps out of state in view of asking an investigation.

That is why i can't be in the state i love Maine because of the corruption. Not because I am not moving forward.

You wrote about forgiveness, That takes time it is a process. For me I give a bit of my time volunteering and take special attention to prayer and treating others with dignity and respect and pray God sees fit to restore me to a life without mental anguish.

The crime is still new and the pain is deep and the betrayal by the Maine State governemnt is unspeakable.

Thank your for your words.

I understand what you are saying Raysgurl and thank you for thet.

Time is difficult still because the investigation in process and the constatnt trigger of the crimes commited not just agiant me but there were many people both adult and children involved.

I thank God I found some help a few weeks ago, and my family is a support system

The hard part is knowing that the DA covered up the crimes and I was left with no support this past year.

I was denied access to ALL servcies dealing with trauma (rape crisis legal ect) But I didnt back down.

Because the corruption carried thorugh to the department of justice i was so pissed i took the proper steps out of state in view of asking an investigation.

That is why i can't be in the state i love Maine because of the corruption. Not because I am not moving forward.

You wrote about forgiveness, That takes time it is a process. For me I give a bit of my time volunteering and take special attention to prayer and treating others with dignity and respect and pray God sees fit to restore me to a life without mental anguish.

The crime is still new and the pain is deep and the betrayal by the Maine State governemnt is unspeakable.

Thank your for your words.

Rachael... raysgurl said pretty much the same thing I did,,,you need help and you need to learn how to put it behind you so you don't' continue to be a victim. Funny how when she said it you accepted her advice; when I suggested it, I became a criminal. If you knew me, you would know how absolutely ridiculous your impressions are!! But I understand that I soon as I suggest that we need to stick with "innocent until proven guilty" you have to jump on it.

I hope you listen to raysgulr!!

Its how you say it saltoria its not the content its the presentation...

Well, since this guy has been tried and convicted in this here blog, we might as well skip the whole trial thing. Only problem is his sentence, so many horrific ideas here, how do we pick the right one? For those of you who "know" how corrupt our Maine judicial system is, maybe you should move to Massachusetts, or Louisiana, or Illinois, or Rhode Island, or Michigan, or New Jersey, or D.C. ....etc......etc..... You'll develop a whole new perspective.

On a personal level the justice system in Illinois is wonderful.

Saltoria, This is my OP from above. Can you show me where I indicate that James Cameron doesnt deserve a fair trial?

sck1198, your view on this is so sick and twisted I'm not even sure where to begin. First off, when most hear the word pornography they associate it with sexually explicit material featuring consenting adults, but children are neither adults nor can they give legal consent. Child-abuse images, on the other hand, are crime-scene photos -- graphic evidence of the torture, rape, sodomy, and mistreatment of society's most defenseless members. To believe that viewing child porn is a victimless crime, and acts as a safety valve to avoid committing the deeds is just terribly wrong. The children involved are victims, and viewing porn will most likely numb offenders into needing the real thing.

Here's a reality check: more than a third -- 39% -- of the victims in these sex-abuse images (identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United State) are under the age of FIVE. Nineteen per cent of the children are under the age of THREE.

It's even worse when men get arrested with "just" pictures. There is a myth that this is a victimless crime: What harm can come from someone just looking at pictures? So let me get this straight sck1198 - your perception of this is -- better they look at pictures than go out on the street and grab a child? Well let me tell you something, not only were REAL children tortured in the manufacture of these images, there is mounting evidenced that viewing these degrading images pushes offenders into what psychologists call a "spiral of abuse," helping them to overcome their guilt and fear to the point where pictures are no longer enough and they need the REAL thing.

More than half of the offenders arrested for possession of child-abuse images in the United States were also found to be hands-on abusers.

A child never gets his or her innocence back.

Nor can a child ever get back the pictures of her abuse that become a permanent feature of the world's memory that the Internet has become.

It's time we changed the name we give these abuse images. It's time we changed our laws. It's time we changed our attitudes!!!

And as far as my previous 2 line posts. I'm only speaking as someone who has worked with inmates who've been court ordered or volunteered to take part in a substance abuse program. It is VERY difficult to protect inmates guilty of any sort of child abuse....especially sexual abuse. This isnt an opinion, its a fact.

Sorry if I hurt your feelings Rachael. I tend to be direct. I realize that the written word is subject to some interpretation because the reader is unable to see facial expressions and intonations in the voice. In addition, you made some very serious character assassinations. When someone spews such nonsense, most people respond by taking the gloves off....

smartnup: I have never been in the line of fire. However, if I were ever accused of a crime I didn't commit, I would want to be protected by my right to a fair trial. However, you are absolutely right about victims rights as well. But, if someone is accused falsely, they become a victim too, and that my friend is the purpose of that Constitutional right. I don't know all the facts of this case, only what I have read. He certainly sounds guilty, but I maintain it isn't up to a bunch of people on a BDN forum to hang the guy, or anyone else. Not long ago, a young cousin of mine died accidentally from exhaust fumes. I couldn't believe the comments that people were making about something they knew nothing about, only what they read. I decided then that I would not only refrain from doing the same thing, but point it out to others the ethical mistake they are making.

Simply put......"judge not lest ye be judged."

Thank you kasdlyn for being a voice for the vioceless...God bless you...

Characetor assinations? Nonsense?Live my life for a day Saltoria just one day ..You wouldnt make it...They will have their day in court..

As a survivor, I am so glad that my existence is not defined by what I endured long ago..................

Rachael1962,I think you misread my comments,I dont think you need the medication to forget being molested/raped,thats a horrible thing that happened and your going to have to deal with your whole life.My comments were about your conspiracy theory,and others on here that think big brother(Maine Feds and Police)are out to get them.I do however think you cram your abuse down everybodys throat every opportunity you get,on every post you comment.I have a wife who was continuiously molest by 3 uncles from age 6-12,dont tell me what I know about abuse and what I dont ,you stupid B-I-T-C-H.

I was vicitmized in Maine recently this isnt about being molested when I was a child.

The reason I was victimized was because I witnessed goverment employees who were acting criminally and I reported that activity.

i dealt with those issues through therapy and support groups fpr years surrounding childhood abuse.

For a man to call a woman a stupid bit-h after she talks about molestations that makes a real winner doesnt it? What do you call you wife doesnt agree with you? I cant even imagine how you abuse her!

My witnessing put me in a vulerable position...Not a conspirecy theory it is a very sad reality...You low life woman abuser!

Rachael1962-I wish you all the best. Have you ever read the book , The Franklin Coverup? The Rich, Powerful and connected have been getting away with sexually abusing children since before Culigulia and Nero and the Marquis de sade . No one did anything about the Preist abuse until Many victims banded together and filed lawsuits and stopped going to church. In Maine if a teacher is caught fondling a student they are not put on the sex offender list ,so if they move to another state, the history does not follow them. There was a boys reform school in Florida, who"s victims are finally comming foward with the horror's that went on. They were beaten,raped and some may have been abused so badly they died from their injuries. How many missing kids actually are found alive. There may not be many missing in Northern New England, but in the larger states there many, way to many.

Thank you I will read it!

In Maine when cops abuse or use drugs they are moved to another police department.

I will pick up the Franklin Cover Up thank you again...

I think one child missing or abused is too many.

My heart breaks not only for what I experienced but too from i witnessed and the way communities collude with abusers and cover-up the crime in order to keep their own agenda safe from discovery.

Its sickening a teacher can molest and not take responsibilty or anyone in a position of power and authority...and then be put back in the same position of trust.

About the teachers that molest and are not put on the "Sex Offender Registry" That's just another "Catholic Church" situation that's going to happen all over again in a different sector of society. Boggles my mind...

Richard37: YOU ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE!! Anyone who would call another blogger a stupid BITC* IS and abuser! I never speak to people in an unkind manner, as we all are entitled to our own opinions, there is just no excuse for vulgar name calling.

you don't have these type of photos for no reason, I'll tell you one thing, this man is definitely capable of molesting a child, if given the opportunity, I certainly would not trust him around any child of mine. Would any of you take the risk of innocent until proven guilty? I think not.

Sorry to say but in America nowadays you are guilty as charged UNTIL you can prove your innocence !!!!! Been there,didn't like it but THAT'S the way it is. Innocent people ARE going to prison at a much higher rate than most would ever expect.

rachael1962: nobody will really understand, unless they have been exposed to our corrupt Judicial System. I found it sadly lacking in Justice, and in violation of a little thing we call out Constitution, but having said that, its been going on since the time of 'Jesus'. We cannot dwell upon it, or like you it will effect your life. You did nothing wrong, that you must understand, and leave the rest of it in God's hand. You must forgive, and go on with your life.

Peace be with you.

Thank you Harry and between that God and the us marshalls I will find peace...God bless you for your support...

"Amazed", piss off!!!

How do you know when a lawyer is lieing? Annswer ,When he moves his lips.

How do you know when a lawyer is downloading and uploading porn? You dont !

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