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A Kingfield man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for producing and possessing child sexual abuse material.
Richard Hinkley, 56, of Kingfield, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for his crimes, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
According to court records, between May 2009 and April 2010, Hinkley coerced a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct through online video chat communications. He recorded images of the minor during some of the sessions.
The investigation revealed that Hinkley possessed a hard drive that contained images of child pornography, including some he had collected using a peer-to-peer network. Some of the images were sexually explicit images of prepubescent children under the age of 12.
Hinkley pleaded guilty on March 11, 2022, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $16,500 in restitution.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
If you have information about child sexual abuse material, you can report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at www.cybertipline.com or 1-800-843-5678.
Key Facts
- State: Maine
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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