PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged a Maine man with sexually exploiting a minor and transporting child pornography stemming from a case involving a Portland education technician.
Benjamin Conroy, 32, is accused of exploiting a 6-year-old autistic student at a Portland elementary school and then sending explicit images to a third person using a dating application, prosecutors said. They said he faces up to 30 years in prison for the top charge.
A date has not been set for Conroy’s first court appearance, prosecutors said. Police arrested Conroy earlier this month.
A reporter’s call to Conroy’s phone number on Tuesday was not answered, and there was no lawyer listed for him in the federal case file.
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