CHICAGO – Former Maine regional magazine publisher Joshua Shea has written a memoir chronicling his battle with pornography addiction. “The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About” is now available in pre-sales through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and will be released Jan. 10. “When Josh first presented his manuscript to me, he provided me with links to his arrest […]
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Former Auburn city councilor to spend 9 months in jail for sex crimes
AUBURN — A former city councilor, local magazine publisher and film festival co-founder was sentenced Friday to serve nine months behind bars for sex crimes involving children. Joshua Shea, 39, of Auburn must report to Androscoggin County Jail in one week. He has been free on $500 cash bail since his arrest in March 2014. […]
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Former Auburn City Councilor Josh Shea to be sentenced for child sex crimes
AUBURN — A judge is expected to impose sentence Friday on a former city councilor who pleaded guilty last year to three child sex crimes. Prosecutors are seeking to have Joshua Shea, 39, of Auburn spend five years in prison. Shea will be seeking a fully suspended sentence. Shea admitted in May to downloading pornographic […]
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Former Auburn official and magazine publisher denies child porn charges
AUBURN — The former publisher of a local magazine and organizer of a community film festival who served on the Auburn City Council pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nearly a dozen child pornography charges. Joshua Shea, 38, of 30 Paul St. also pleaded not guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court to two charges of sexual […]
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Former Auburn city councilor and magazine publisher indicted on child porn charges
AUBURN — The former publisher of a local magazine and organizer of a community film festival who served on the Auburn City Council was indicted Wednesday on nearly a dozen child pornography charges. Joshua Shea, 38, of 30 Paul St. has been free on $500 cash with bail conditions, including no contact with anyone under […]
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Former city councilor appears in court on child porn charge
AUBURN — The former publisher of a local magazine and organizer of a community film festival who served on the Auburn City Council appeared in court Thursday for the first time since being charged with possessing child pornography. Joshua Shea, 38, of 30 Paul St. will remain free on $500 cash bail with conditions, including […]
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Former Auburn city councilor’s child porn case continues
AUBURN — Prosecutors are sifting through computer child pornography evidence for possible criminal charges against the former publisher of a local magazine and organizer of a community film festival who also served on the City Council. Deputy District Attorney Andrew Robinson said Thursday that his office received “a lot of material” from the Maine Computer […]
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Former Auburn publisher and film organizer seeks help after arrest
AUBURN — A former city councilor, local magazine publisher and film festival organizer is receiving therapeutic treatment at an out-of-state facility following his March arrest on a charge of possession of child pornography. Joshua Shea has remained free on $500 cash bail on the condition that he have no Internet access or contact with children […]
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L-A business leaders optimistic about new film festival
LEWISTON — A one-day, truncated film festival can’t replace a three-day event that’s brought an estimated $220,000 to restaurants and hotels, but there was optimism Wednesday that the Emerge festival could start to bring the dollars and people back. When organizers announced the official end to the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival on Tuesday after days […]
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Film festival fate uncertain following arrest of its director
AUBURN — Minutes after filmmaker Michael Miclon heard Thursday about the child pornography arrest of Joshua Shea, the director of the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival, emails began arriving. They all seemed to ask Miclon the same thing: “Is the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival happening?” He didn’t know what to say. Neither did Dan Marois, the […]