BELFAST, Maine — A 23-year-old Belfast man whom police say raped a 13-year-old girl was arrested Monday and charged with gross sexual assault and incest.

Robert Dawson’s wife found messages on the social networking website MySpace that she found concerning, according to a report from the Belfast Police Department. The woman contacted the victim’s mother and then the matter was reported to police.

Dawson, who is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs more than 300 pounds, allegedly admitted to having consensual sex with the girl but said it was her fault, according to police.

Police have interviewed the victim, who is having a tough time, according to the report.

Dawson has been taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, where he remains held on bail set at $2,000 cash or $10,000 surety, according to a Waldo County Jail official.

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    1. Throw away the key? When he dies in that locked prison cell, how are they go get him out? Or are they even going to bother? Perhaps just leave his corpse in there for eternity. Perhaps we should just build prison’s with one use doors, save money on the keys, although, that doesn’t seem very efficient, too me, but, of course, I am just a 25 year old kid with no foreseeable future, so what do I know?

      Regardless, we’d have to build a lot more prisons and in America we already have a TON that the states can hardly afford to run as it is… but its okay as I am sure CCA would be happy to lend a hand with building many, many more and filling them, even! They dont mind. They’d love to. They are great at building and filling prisons but I bet they never heard of one use doors. Perhaps you should pitch the idea to them? They’d love it. Just imagine how much more money they’d make.

  1. 6’2″, 300 pounds and it was her fault. “Gross sexual assault and incest” what the……  Make sure you put this one in general population and leave him there as long as he lasts.

      1. BELFAST, Maine — A 23-year-old Belfast man whom police say raped a 13-year-old girl was arrested Monday and charged with gross sexual assault and incest.

  2. His wife deserves all the credit here for reporting him to police. What an awful thing to discover about your husband.

    1. No kidding…wow, I hope a she’s serving him divorce papers as well!
      And the comment that it was her fault…that’s got to be the worst defense ever, considering she’s 13 and he’s 6 goot 2 and 300 lbs!

  3. Myspace? That should say it all right there. Lock him up and weld the door shut. Poor girl, hopefully she can get some help and move on from this. 

  4. yea go ahead and blame the victim mr. dawson.  you are nothing but a pig and big piece of garbage.

  5. they all need to be “bobbitized”…..first offense, off it comes…..that would fix the problem…..

    1.  That won’t fix the problem. There’s more than one way to rape/molest someone. I saw off with the head he’s supposed to think with. THAT would solve the problem.

    2. No it wouldnt. Imagine, being a sexual driven and charged animal, then having your gear removed. You are not going to be happy. In fact, your are going to be a lot more mentally unstable then before.  “Bobbitizing” is not the answer. The human brain is a little more complex then you apparently perceive. I could really get into the psychology, here, but I dont have the time nor care, presently. Anyway, cutting off or removing someone’s gear who’s sexually deviant will solve nothing. Put him in prison. Its all that can be done, in this society.

  6. Way to go buddy! You are supposed to be the adult, Does it make you feel big and important to blame the victim? Garbage that is what you are. thank your wife for reporting you.

  7. only in waldo county. talk about one screwed up situation, claiming it was the girls fault, wtf. God I dont miss being in waldo county.

    1. I do not know a state that is more lenient than Maine for sex crime sentences. Sure if you’re poor and stupid and don’t get good legal representation you get some decent jail time. If you can afford a decent attorney you can count your sentence in weeks not years.  Poor police work, lazy D.A.’s just can stand up in court. The Great Salt Bay school teacher  who was recently convicted in Bath Superior Court, of “unlawful sexual contact” to 3 4th grade girls , even with a handwritten  confession, was able to swing a deal which landed him in jail for 22 weeks.

  8. Good for his (soon to be ex-)wife for reporting him!  That took a lot of courage.  I can’t imagine the shock she is enduring.  I hope they have no kids together!

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