An Indiana man has been extradited to Wiscasset for allegedly posing as a Maine high school student on Facebook and convincing a Lincoln County minor to send him sexually explicit photographs.
Danny Wayne Douglas, 47, of Thorntown, Ind., was brought to Two Bridges Regional Jail by a U.S. marshal on Nov. 8, where he is being held without bail.
A Lincoln County grand jury indicted Douglas Dec. 2 on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, a class B felony. He will be arraigned in Lincoln County Superior Court Jan. 29.
Douglas came to the attention of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office in April. A mother contacted the sheriff’s office after discovering text messages that raised concerns that someone was trying to take advantage of her cognitively disabled 17-year-old daughter.
According to an affidavit of investigating officer Detective Scott Hayden, the minor and Douglas met in an online chat room and became Facebook friends. Douglas told the minor that he was a 17-year-old high school student in Maine.
Hayden interviewed the minor, who acknowledged sending Douglas sexually explicit photos of herself and texts. The mother reported Douglas and the minor exchanged approximately 1,300 messages, Hayden said in the affidavit.
Douglas asked the minor to perform sexual acts, according to messages included in the affidavit.
Hayden traced Douglas’ cellphone number and discovered that he was a 47-year-old man from Indiana. Douglas’ extradition from Indiana was requested by Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright in September. He was delivered by the U.S. Marshal’s Office in November.
The Dec. 2 indictment said Douglas, “did intentionally or knowingly employ, solicit, entice, persuade, use or compel … a minor, to engage in sexually explicit conduct.”
Douglas faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $20,000.
