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A 35-year-old Lisbon man was arrested on Monday morning following an investigation by the Lisbon Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
Joseph Gibson was arrested at a residence on 6 Ridge Road in Lisbon at around 8 a.m., according to Maine Department of Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss.
Area schools were placed under a soft lockdown on Monday morning, but officials did not believe there was a threat to the general public.
Gibson faces a Class A felony charge disseminating sexually explicit materials and a Class C felony charge of possessing sexually explicit materials of a child under 12 years of age.
Further details were not immediately available on Monday afternoon.
