Michael Shepherd

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Published
December 3, 2012

Ex-Maine prosecutor held without bail at N.M. jail

James Cameron, convicted on child-porn charges, could be on his way back to the state as early as Tuesday after a court appearance.
Published
November 29, 2012

Priest enters no plea in jail drug trafficking case

An Episcopal priest accused of mailing prescription drugs to inmates at a Wiscasset jail made his first court appearance in that town Thursday morning and did not enter a plea.
Published
November 29, 2012

Priest accused of mailing drugs to inmates appears in court

The Rev. Stephen Foote, 70, of Bremen, faces one felony charge of trafficking in prison contraband at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
Published
November 27, 2012

Prosecutors considered Cameron a flight risk before indictment

Federal prosecutors contended James Cameron was a flight risk when they indicted him on child pornography charges in 2009, but a U.S. District Court judge the following year found no evidence the former prosecutor would flee while he appealed his conviction.
Published
November 24, 2012

Private investigators torn on fugitive James Cameron’s ability to elude capture

You just found out you’re headed back to prison, so you cut off your monitoring bracelet and have some time before a federal probation officer will knock down your door.
Published
November 21, 2012

Maine fugitive not hiding at house of ex-wife, U.S. marshal says

Former prosecutor James Cameron, guilty of child porn charges, is still on the lam after fleeing his Rome home last week.
Published
November 19, 2012

MDEA: Priest mailed drugs to Wiscasset jail inmate

A top midcoast drug agent said Monday that a local Episcopal priest arrested for drug trafficking earlier this month mailed drugs to an inmate he was friendly with and more charges will be filed in the case.
Published
November 19, 2012

Monitor bracelet cutting easy to do, but rare, US Marshals say

Not many people in Maine try what the U.S. Marshals Service say former state prosecutor James Cameron did last week.
Published
November 19, 2012

Federal agents hunt former prosecutor, child porn convict who slipped monitoring bracelet

Hours after learning his appeal of child porn charges failed and he was likely headed back to prison, Maine’s former top drug prosecutor cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled.
Published
November 19, 2012

Ex-Maine prosecutor now a fugitive from justice

James Cameron, convicted on child porn charges, cut off his electronic monitor and disappeared Wednesday, and is being hunted by the U.S. Marshals Service.