BANGOR, Maine — Jury selection in the trial of Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductee and local disc jockey Dana Wilson on a child pornography charge was continued Monday after the judge ordered that Wilson undergo a competency evaluation.
Wilson, 62, of Brewer was indicted June 27 by the Penobscot County grand jury on a charge of possession of sexually explicit material, a Class C crime. He pleaded not guilty Aug. 8.
Superior Court Justice Gregory Campbell granted a defense motion for the evaluation, Michael Roberts, deputy district attorney for Penobscot County, said Monday afternoon.
Wilson was expected to be tried later this month if the motion had not been granted, Roberts said. He did not predict when a jury trial might be held if Wilson is found competent.
Efforts late Monday afternoon to reach Wilson’s attorney, Jeffrey Silverstein of Bangor, were unsuccessful.
According to Roberts, Silverstein’s motion said that concerns had been raised by Wilson’s current mental health provider about his competency to Silverstein. The prosecutor declined to outline those concerns.
Once Wilson is evaluated, Campbell is expected to schedule a hearing to determine if he is competent to assist in his own defense or if further treatment would allow him to become competent.
If Wilson is found not competent to stand trial, the charges could be dismissed.
A defendant can be sentenced to Riverview Psychiatric Center if found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Wilson, who did not appear in court Monday, remains free on $1,000 unsecured bail with conditions that include him having no contact with children under the age of 16.
The investigation into Wilson began in February 2011, Brewer police Detective Sgt. Jay Munson said the day Wilson was indicted.
“We found no evidence of any local children or what appears to be local children [on Wilson’s computer],” Munson said.
Wilson has a disc jockey business and has provided music for dances sponsored by Brewer Parks and Recreation and area schools for many years, Munson said.
The videos found on Wilson’s computer showed adult men having sex with girls under the age of 12, according to a previously published report. Monitoring of child pornography sites by law enforcement officials outside of Maine led to an Internet address owned by Wilson, the prosecutor said in June.
Wilson was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in May for his basketball feats at Bangor’s Husson College, where he graduated in 1974. Wilson averaged nearly 35 points per game his senior year, best among all NCAA Division III schools that year, according to the hall.
If convicted, Wilson faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. He also would be required to register as a sex offender for 10 years and could be prevented from spending time with minors as a DJ.
If you have sexual pictures of kids on your ‘puter.
You need to be locked up next to the looter.
I don’t care what his mental state is, it happened after or because of being caught.
“If Wilson is found not competent to stand trial, the charges could be dismissed.”
Then he shouldn’t be competent to DJ weddings or trashy bars in Bangor anymore either.
I’m surprised anyone would hire him…
He is competent enough to continue DJ’ing in a local bar but not enough so to assist in his own defense? (In my best Chris Carter voice) C’mon man!
Where is he still DJ’ing?
My Forks Bar and Restaurant on Odlin Road, Bangor.
Thanks, I now know to never step foot in that place, ever.
No kiddin’…it’s now Moe’s for me I guess
If you want your boycott to be effective, tell the owner/manager why you won’t go there anymore
They have to be aware of what is going on. I would find it very hard for them to not know.
Of course they know. They don’t care. It’s the bar business, the sin business. We are innocent until proven guilty right? I bet that is what the owner of the joint tells his 2 employees that don’t like the perv.
I’m sure they are aware what is going on with Wilson. My point is if you are going to become a former customer, tell mgmt why they are losing your business.
My Fork on the Odlin Rd.
I agree, otherwise we should supply disability to just about everyone.
To me, that is as ridiculous as saying someone is too incompetent to be alone with their children according to the father, but it’s ok to drive them across the state and stop for food along the way without supervision.
Not to mention any mental questioning also was arisen by the father initially for him to get the paperwork to try to make such a claim in the first place to get custody of the children.
I think that is as cruel as using any protection order to get custody of children, and I thought cruel and unusual punishment was against the bill of rights?!?!?!
I am going to venture a long shot and guess….he was totally and completely competent right up to the very second that he was arrested. Then,he was by a freak accident, struck by a lightning bolt right after he was released from the police station. Miracle of miracles, he was knocked into next week and when he woke up he was incompetent! What a stroke of luck. I do believe this is what happened…..don’t you?
Are you a lawyer…?
No, I just play one on TV…
lol!!
What a disgusting human being. Jail is the only place he should be DJ’ing.
….”But he’s so good at the school dances.” Sick.
What a creep.
Competent? He found kiddie porn. Trust me he is competent. No excuses for people like this.
Judging by his hair, I’m gonna say he’s crazy.
no, just stuck on himself
some things never change
Dana you are a pig for this. So many people looked up to you and know you may be a skinner ????
“If Wilson is found not competent to stand trial, the charges could be dismissed”… ah, good lawyer, a cheap way out!
In Maine you can also be found “Guilty but insane” Same sentence, different place to serve it.
It’s NCR actually and you can’t be found NCR if you’re incompetent to stand trial.
Incompetent on a porn charge??????
That excuse is certainly being overused.
In some countries committing ANY crime proves you are crazy and you are then sent to “re-education” facilities.
This is just ridiculous! The defense is just looking to find a way out of prosecution for the client “Wilson”. Bending and manipulating the law to excuse his sick behavior is a travesty of justice. Why would/should they do that? Just because he was in the local hall of fame for playing basketball? Really??? What else did he do with his life? I guess we know….but the glory days of basketball some 35 years ago are just simply more important….right? If he is found to be incompetant, then let him serve the next 25 years in a hospital for the mentally ill. Now THAT, at least, would be SOME form of justice…..