Cutler, 75, of Brooklyn, faces four counts of possession of sexually explicit material under the age of 12, said Hancock County Attorney Matt J. Foster. This list of categories may grow as investigators search terabytes of information seized during two investigations prior to Cutler’s arrest. Soldiers from Maine Police arrested him on his farm in Brooklyn without incident on Friday and took him to Hancock County Jail in Elsworth. The four charges are category C crimes, punishable by up to five years in prison. Foster said detectives found 10 sexually explicit files depicting children that police had seen in other cases in the past. Foster said the jury listed the 10 files of known child exploitation found in Cutler’s possession. There are no indications that there are local victims and police are still searching for what has been confiscated. The affidavit will remain sealed until Cutler appears in court for the first time. It is not yet clear when Cutler will see a judge, Foster said. If Cutler does not deposit this weekend, it could only be done on Monday. If released before the weekend ends, the first appearance will be moved to a later date and his lawyer, Walt McKee, will likely appear on his behalf, meaning Cutler will not have to appear himself. McKee confirmed the arrest shortly after police arrested Cutler but declined to discuss the contents of the search warrants. He also raised doubts about whether his client would be released this weekend. McKee rushed to Ellsworth after Cutler was arrested and visited him with him in prison. “Given the incredibly high $ 50,000 cash guarantee set on Friday night after the banks closed, it is unclear whether the guarantee will be paid,” McKee wrote in a text message. Eliot Cutler’s house at 523 Naskeag Point Road, Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Compass Point Real Estate The investigation began with a tip-off in December, when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent information to Maine police investigators that someone in Maine had downloaded or uploaded an illegal image. To find out who downloaded or uploaded the illegal image, police then work to link a person or address to the device that is connected to the internet. This was followed by a two-month investigation by the police. State of Maine police spokeswoman Shannon Moss confirmed that Cutler’s homes at 84 Pine St. in Portland and 523 Naskeag Point Road in Brooklyn were searched Wednesday. Eliot Cutler Mansion at 84 Pine St. in the West End of Portland. Brianna Soukup / Staff Photographer Cutler declined to speak to a Press Herald reporter who visited him by telephone Wednesday. A message requesting an interview with his wife, Dr. Melanie S. Cutler, a psychiatrist who used to work in Portland, did not return after his arrest on Friday. The couple lived together for many years in a 15,000-square-foot mansion on Shore Road in Cape Elizabeth, which they sold last year. Cutler is a Bangor native who twice ran for governor of Maine, in 2010 and 2014. Prior to that, he was a lawyer for many years, mainly in Washington, DC. Prior to that, he worked for U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie. a Democrat from Maine, and in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. After his second campaign as governor, Cutler was hired by the University of Maine System to help start a business and law school. Cutler ran as an independent candidate in 2010 against Republican Paul Lepage and Republican Elizabeth Mitchell. In this race, Cutler narrowly lost to LePage, with Cutler receiving 208,270 votes and LePage receiving 218,065 votes. In 2014, Cutler ran again as an independent gubernatorial candidate against Democrat Mike Michaud and LePage. In this match LePage beat Cutler by a large margin, 294,519 to 51,515. Miso received 265,114 votes. In both elections, Democrats viewed Cutler as a spoiler, a label with which Cutler disagreed. This story will be updated.

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