EXETER, N.H. — Best-selling author Brendan DuBois was charged Thursday with multiple counts of possession of child sexual abuse material after police discovered dozens of “sexually explicit conduct.”
DuBois was arrested Wednesday after police in Exeter, New Hampshire, opened an investigation with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force into child pornography in the city. The 64-year-old Exeter man was charged with six counts of possession of child pornography.
DuBois possessed “at least 35 visual depictions of children under the age of 18 engaged in various sexual acts,” authorities said.
DuBois is being held at the Rockingham County Jail. His attorney, Harry Starbranch, did not respond to a request for comment.
According to his website, DuBois is a New York Times bestselling mystery author who has written 29 novels. He also co-wrote several of those novels with James Patterson, including “The Summer House” and “Blowback.” Severn River Publishing, which published his latest novel “Terminal Surf” and reissued 11 of his other novels, has removed all of his books from its website.
“We are deeply troubled by the serious allegations against Brendan DuBois,” the company said in a statement. “While we respect due process, we have decided to immediately suspend all promotion and sales of Mr. DuBois’ books. We believe these steps are necessary to uphold our values and maintain the trust of our readers, authors and the publishing community.”
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