WEST BATH, Maine — A West Bath man accused of posting photos of partially nude women online in the state’s first “revenge porn” case has been indicted by a Sagadahoc County grand jury.
John Dunne Jr., 26, formerly of Bath, was indicted April 13 on one felony count of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy and misdemeanor counts of criminal invasion of computer privacy and two misdemeanors, criminal invasion of computer privacy and theft.
Dunne was arrested March 18 on two warrants charging him with posting private photos of local residents on various Internet sites, police said at the time.
Bath police said in March that they had received a number of complaints from area residents about their private photos being posted online.
According to a complaint filed in West Bath District Court, Dunne allegedly copied or uploaded a topless photo of an acquaintance from her boyfriend’s cellphone after the boyfriend left it on a table at The Cabin Restaurant on Nov. 17.
Dunne was an employee at The Cabin at the time. He then allegedly uploaded the photo to two websites between that date and Dec. 30 from his former home in Bath.
The woman and her boyfriend were alerted to the photos online by friends in January and called Bath police.
According to the complaint, Dunne also allegedly posted a partially nude photo of another female acquaintance online.
The “revenge porn” law was passed by the Maine Legislature in 2015.
A court date for Dunne was not available on Wednesday.