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Date: 04-07-2023
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Case Number: 1:22-cr-00073
Judge: Lance E. Walker
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscot County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Bangor
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting a child and two counts of distributing child pornography.
In August 2020, Wesley Deal, 42, began communicating with an 11-year-old child on Instagram. He sent multiple messages requesting sexually explicit images, and the victim responded by sending multiple sexually explicit photos and videos to Deal. Deal threatened to post the images on the internet if the victim did not provide him with additional images. He sent the victim screenshots of the images that child had previously sent to prove that he had the ability to carry out his threats.
Deal faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in prison for the sexual exploitation count and a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years for each of the distribution of child pornography counts. He also faces a $250,000 fine and up to a lifetime of supervised release on each count. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Homeland Security Investigations, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office, the Bangor Police Department and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Florida investigated the case.
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE MINOR CHILD A; 18:2251(a) AND 2251(e)
(1)
DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; 18:2252A(a)(2) AND 2256(8)(A)
(2-3)
Outcome: Defendant pled guilty.
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