Former Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Arrested for Possessing Child Porn

Failed Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler, 75, has been arrested on child porn charges.

The Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit arrested Cutler at his residence at 523 Naskeag Point Road in Brooklin, Maine. Cutler is being charged with four counts of Possession of Sexually Explicit Material of a Minor under 12 years of age. He was arrested by Maine State Police without incident and was transported to the Hancock County Jail. Bail has been set at $50,000.

BREAKING: Two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler has been charged with 4 Class C felony counts of possession of sexually explicit material. @WGME @FOX23Maine pic.twitter.com/YX7O671MXZ

— WGME Photojournalist (@MENewsPhotog) March 25, 2022

Prominent Maine political figure Eliot Cutler was arrested Friday on four counts of unlawful possession of sexually explicit material, according to Hancock and Washington Counties District Attorney Matthew J. Foster. https://t.co/8yYnXHZTQP

— NEWS CENTER Maine (@newscentermaine) March 25, 2022