Maine’s former top drug prosecutor was released from prison on Friday, 11 years after he was sentenced for child pornography charges and fleeing the state.
James M. Cameron, 62, was released from federal prison in Colorado on Friday, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records. He will spend six years under supervised release, according to court records.
Cameron was a prosecutor with the Maine attorney general’s office in 2007 when Maine State Police began an investigation that led to a federal indictment against him for 16 counts of child pornography.
He was later found guilty on 13 counts of child pornography following a bench trial and sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. With an appeal pending, Cameron was released from prison with an ankle monitor. He cut it off on Nov. 15, 2012, the day after the federal appeals court reduced the number of guilty counts by six.
Less than a month later, Cameron was arrested in New Mexico. He pleaded guilty in February 2013 to contempt of court in connection with fleeing from Maine.
In December 2014, Cameron was resentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison for the child pornography counts and two years for the flight charge.
He paid $3,200 in fines as of July 2022, according to court records.
