State of Maine v. Trevor I. Desrosiers

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a minor.

Trevor I. DesRosiers appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the trial court (Penobscot County, Mallonee J.) after a jury returned guilty verdicts on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of furnishing liquor to a minor.



On May 21, 2020, while washing dishes, the victim's grandmother saw, through her kitchen window, the victim leave her parents' home and proceed through a small patch of woods next to the grandmother's house. The grandmother thought that the victim was coming to visit her, but when the victim reached the grandmother's lawn, she darted out to the road and headed away from the house. The grandmother called the victim's mother, who proceeded to her car to search for her daughter. While searching, the mother saw the victim in the passenger seat of a Jeep driven by an older man wearing a cowboy hat. The mother immediately pulled her car over and called 9-1-1; in doing so, she lost track of the Jeep.



A Maine State Police trooper responded and, after speaking with the mother, continued to canvas the area. While canvassing, the trooper received information from multiple sources that led him to DesRosiers's home. When the trooper arrived, he saw a Jeep parked next to a camper trailer.



As the trooper testified and as captured by the audio of his cruiser's camera, the trooper went to the front door of the camper and announced himself as State Police. Through a camper window, the trooper watched as DesRosiers put on his pants and made his way to the door. When DesRosiers opened the door, the trooper observed that DesRosiers had an erection. The trooper asked DesRosiers where "she" was. When DesRosiers responded that there was no one inside the camper, the trooper asked for consent to search the camper, which DesRosiers refused.



After denying that there was anyone in the camper, when the trooper informed him that he was looking for the victim, identifying her as fifteen years old, DesRosiers responded, "I don't know where she is. She must have run out the window." DesRosiers then said that he would send her out and can be heard on the audio yelling, "It's time to get up you gotta go." Seconds later, DesRosiers came back to the door and said, "Nope, she ain't here bubba, I ain't letting you in man you gotta get a warrant I'm sorry I don't know what to do man . . . she ran." DesRosiers then turned back into the camper and said, "You gotta go."



During this interaction, the trooper shined his flashlight through the camper window and saw the victim emerge from DesRosiers's bed, wearing no clothing other than a bra. DesRosiers yelled at the victim, "What the fuck is wrong with you? You lied to me" and "I can't even believe you, but I'm glad I didn't fuck you." Despite denying to the trooper that any sexual acts occurred between him and the victim, DesRosiers later confirmed to a friend that he and the victim had had sex.



The victim initially denied that she and DesRosiers had had sex. After working with a therapist, however, she disclosed to her mother that she and DesRosiers had had sex on multiple occasions. The mother then called the trooper, who made a referral to the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) for an interview. Based on information disclosed during the CAC interview, the trooper drafted a search warrant and obtained DesRosiers's and the victim's Facebook messages.

Affirmed