BANGOR, Maine — A local man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to sex charges involving a 7-year-old boy.
Terrence A. Pinkham, 27, of Bangor and Katie Dube, 27, of Glenburn were indicted May 30 by the Penobscot County grand jury on five counts of gross sexual contact and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Dube is scheduled to be arraigned in July.
The pair were arrested in Brewer last month by local police.
Dube and Pinkham remained Tuesday at Penobscot County Jail, unable to make bail. Her bail was set at $50,000 cash while his was set at $100,000.
Police began an investigation into the couple after an electronic photo of a sexual assault involving a child was sent to Brewer police, according to a previously published report.
Brewer police Detective Sgt. Jay Munson said last month that the couple “created child porn,” but did not distribute images over the Internet. If they had, federal charges most likely would have been filed against Dube and Pinkham.
If convicted, both face up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000 on the sexual assault charges. They face up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $20,000 on the sexual exploitation charges.
can’t believe people can be so sick! *$$^0!ez!!
They both are mentally twisted to do such a thing!!!
BDN: Why don’t you just delete everybody’s comments and get it over with. You guys are trigger-happy with the censor button.
i agree, whoever it is oughta be relieved from their power trip! i thought we had free speech in this country! and furthermore, if bdn doesn’t like comments why have the comment box!
We do have free speech in this country. Having said that, though, there are limits. Most people can’t say what they want at their places of employment. The BDN owns this website and can control what people write on it (and it appears they are doing this). The guidelines posted above suggest to me that this website is not governed by the principles of free speech.
Freedom of speech does not apply to privately owned web sites. They can remove any comment they desire at anytime.
Is it BDN or Disqus that actually removes comments?
BDN. they have a Disqus plugin on the www site that they use to monitor the posts.
Ah ok thanks for answering my question.
I hope Warren gets the paper.
Let’s hope the presumption of innocence is more alive in the courtroom than in these comments. An indictment is little more than an accusation, it is not proof of guilt.
The guy pleaded not guilty. Perhaps he is, in fact, guilty, or perhaps he pleaded not guilty because he isn’t. Can we at least wait until the verdict before we set up the gallows?
Oh, come on. You know that the “If convicted,” is implied.
I doubt most people would agree with punishing any *accused* child molester without a trial first. I like to think we’ve learned from the Salem Witch Trials..
If they did indeed torture a child (molestation is torture), then their punishment should be torture.
If they are indeed guilty,I hope they get a stiff sentence and the 7-year old isn’t scarred for life.
Father down in Texas got his justice. Caught the guy in the act with his little 4 year old girl, the guy wont do it again.
Someone should do to them what they did to the 7 year old. If, they are guilty.