Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert
Kelly Carter, 50, of Lisbon, Maine, (formerly of Madison, Indiana) was sentenced today in U.S.
District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to ten years in prison and three years of supervised
release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Carter pleaded guilty to the charge on December
12, 2013.
Court records reveal that on Sept. 18, 2013, Carter, who was on probation for a
2007 sexual abuse in the first degree conviction in Kentucky, was found in possession of a
loaded.38 special revolver and a pistol when his supervising Maine probation officer searched
his Lisbon residence. Carter also had felony convictions in Indiana in 2001 and 2004.
Judge Torresen said she imposed the maximum statutory sentence of ten years because
she believed Carter was a danger to the community, particularly to the women with whom he
shares personal relationships.
The investigation was conducted by the Maine Department of Corrections (Probation and
Parole), the Lewiston and Lisbon Police Departments, the Central Maine Violent Crime Task
Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
