A Belmont man was sentenced on Tuesday to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possessing images of prepubescent children that he downloaded from the internet, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
John Haynes, 28, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor on three counts of possessing child pornography.
From March 2022 to November 2023, Haynes possessed child sexual abuse images he had downloaded on four separate cell phones, according to court records cited by the Justice Department in a news release.
Some of the images depicted children under the age of 12. Haynes was subject to enhanced penalties because of a prior state conviction for sexual misconduct with a child under the age of 14, according to the Justice Department.
The FBI and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit investigated the case.
John Haynes possessed images of prepubescent children he had downloaded from the internet
BANGOR, Maine: A Belmont man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for three counts of possessing child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced John Haynes, 28, to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. Haynes pleaded guilty on August 5, 2024.
According to court records, between March 2022 and November 2023, Haynes possessed child pornography he had downloaded from the internet on four separate cell phones. Some of the images depicted prepubescent children under the age of 12. He was subject to enhanced penalties due to a prior state conviction for sexual misconduct with a child under 14.
The FBI and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit investigated the case.