Frankfort Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor

Bangor, Maine:  A Frankfort, Maine man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.

According to court records, in April 2019, Nicholas Norwood, 33, used a mobile messaging service to send an image of his genitalia to an undercover federal agent posing as a 13-year-old girl.  

Norwood faces up to 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office and the Maine State Police investigated the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.