EXETER, NH — Best-selling author Brendan DuBois was indicted Thursday on multiple charges of possessing child abuse material after police discovered dozens of “sexually explicit acts.”
DuBois was arrested Wednesday after police in Exeter, New Hampshire, launched an investigation with the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce into child abuse material in the city. The 64-year-old from Exeter was charged with six felony counts of possession of child abuse material.
According to authorities, DuBois possessed “at least 35 visual depictions of children under the age of 18 engaged in various sexual acts.”
DuBois is in the Rockingham County Jail. His attorney, Harry Starbranch, did not respond to a request for comment.
DuBois is a New York Times bestselling mystery writer who has written 29 novels, according to his website. 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 republished 11 of his other novels, has removed all of his books from its website.
“We are deeply shocked by the serious allegations against Brendan DuBois,” the company said in a statement. “While we respect the legal 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.”