A Litchfield man charged in late March with possession of sexually explicit materials of minors under 12 is free from bail conditions after no complaint was filed in court.
A judge on Monday lifted bail conditions against Ethan Francine, 29. He had been ordered to appear for a hearing Monday at the Capital Judicial Center in connection with the child pornography allegations, but the district attorney’s office did not file a complaint against him.
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said Monday night that the case remains under investigation and she is awaiting a report from the Maine State Police.
“We are waiting for the forensic report to be issued before deciding how to proceed,” Maloney said.
Francine had been free on $2,000 unsecured bail since March 25, with conditions that prohibited him from contact with children under 16 and from possessing devices that could access the Internet.
A press release from Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland at the time of the arrest said Francine worked at the Bath YMCA pool at the Brunswick Landing.
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