Bangor Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography in Maine
In Bangor, a city in Penobscot County, Maine, Tyler Jewett, 30, pleaded guilty on November 10, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Bangor to distributing and possessing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine announced the plea.
According to court records, in February 2026 Jewett distributed 17 videos containing child sexual abuse material to another user on Telegram. In May 2026, investigators executed a search warrant at his residence, seized multiple phones and devices, and found images and videos of child sexual abuse material on several of them. Jewett admitted that he used the internet to access child sexual abuse material and that he had distributed it on Telegram in February 2026.
For distributing child pornography, Jewett faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and not less than five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release. For possessing child pornography, he faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and not less than five years of supervised release. He will be sentenced after the U.S. Probation Office completes a presentence investigation report, with a federal district judge to determine the sentence after considering the Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI and the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office investigated the case, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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