By Tiffany Williams –
At the US District Court in Bangor, Maine, Travis Bessey, 29, of Sedgwick, Maine pleaded guilty Friday to producing child sexual abuse material.
In May 2021, Bessey participated in a Kik chat room dedicated to the distribution of child sexual abuse material.
A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent monitoring the chat observed a user, later identified as Bessey, share images of an adult man sexually abusing young children.
Maine State Police and HSI executed a search warrant at Bessey’s residence, and during the investigation, Bessey admitted to sending and receiving child sexual abuse material in the Kik group.
Images of Bessey sexually abusing children were also recovered from his phone.