(Maine) Portland man who belonged to neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to child porn charge
A Portland man who was part of a neo-Nazi group has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography.
Andrew Hazelton, 28, appeared Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland by video from an undisclosed address in western New Hampshire. He was originally held without bail after his arrest in May, but a judge allowed him to be released in June on $25,000 unsecured bond and strict conditions, including supervision by his father. He will report to jail in August and be sentenced at a later date. He could face up to 20 years in prison.
Hazelton admitted to possessing dozens of explicit videos of children. The allegation that Hazelton had a sexual interest in children dates to a 2019 investigation by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office, whose investigators found that
he (previously) sought explicit photos from a 10-year-old girl. But Hazelton was never charged in that case, and it’s unclear why.
In April, an FBI investigator sought a warrant to search Hazelton’s electronic devices for child pornography based on the incident in Penobscot County. Agents seized guns, his cellphone and his computer. Hazelton was arrested the same day.
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