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March 19, 2010

Skowhegan sex offender arrested

By Doug Harlow

SKOWHEGAN — Police this week arrested a registered sex offender at his home on Locust Street on charges that he had child pornography.
Rodney Pearl Davis, 50, of Skowhegan, is charged with possession of sexually explicit material of children under the age 12 on his home computer.
Detective Kelly Hooper of the Skowhegan Police Department, along with the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit, arrested Davis.
This arrest resulted from an ongoing joint investigation between Skowhegan police and the computer crimes unit, Deputy Skowhegan Police Chief Rick Bonneau said in a release Friday. Information received from Detective Mike McFadden of the computer crimes unit was relayed to Hooper on Feb. 22.
The investigation led to Davis’s home. A search of his computer revealed the  pornographic material, ultimately leading to his arrest, according to Bonneau.
He said an extensive forensic analysis was conducted on the computer by Dawn Ego of the computer crimes unit.
Davis is a lifetime registered sex offender in Maine and is required to report every 90 days to the local police department, Bonneau said.
Davis was convicted in 1992 in Somerset County Superior Court for three counts of gross sexual assault on victims under the age of 12. He was sentenced to eight years in prison with all but four years suspended, and to six years of probation.
Davis was arrested previously for failing to comply with the sex offender registration guidelines in 2008 by not registering as required, police say.
Possession of sexually explicit material is a Class C felony, punishable with a conviction by up to five years in the state prison and a $5,000 fine, or a combination of both.
Davis was released on $1,000 unsecured bail. As a result of the bail conditions, Davis may not possess any Internet-capable devices, any sexually explicit material and cannot have any contact with children under the age of 14.
 

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