Description: Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting a minor and transporting child pornography.

Jason Proulx, 44, pleaded guilty on September 27, 2021.

According to court records, in 2016 or 2017, Proulx recorded sexually explicit videos of a girl who was seven or eight years old at the time. In July 2019, Proulx uploaded the videos to a French website. Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant at a residence in Biddeford in June 2020. Proulx was present and agreed to speak with investigators. After initially denying any involvement with pornography, he eventually admitted that he had sexually abused the girl and recorded videos of the abuse in a room in the residence.

In discussing the reasons for her sentence, Judge Torresen noted that the videos Proulx created and shared would remain on the internet forever. As a result, she said, the victim and her family would have a “cloud over their heads to the end of their days.” Judge Torresen also noted that Proulx’s crimes were committed against the most vulnerable victims in society.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case with assistance from the Biddeford Police Department.

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR, 18:2251(a)and (e)
(1)

TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, 18:2252A(a)(1) and (b)(1)
(2)

Outcome: Imprisonment of 360 months on Count 1 and 120 months on Count, to be served consecutively; 10 years supervised on Counts 1 and 2 to be served concurrently; $200 special assessment

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