A Kennebunkport man was sentenced on April 10 in U.S. District Court in Portland for possessing child sexual abuse materials.
Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Kevin Rockwell, 41, to 20 years in prison and ordered him to serve life on supervised release. Rockwell was also directed to pay $104,000 in restitution to victims whose images he possessed. He had pleaded guilty on June 10, 2025.
In addition to the new sentence, Rockwell received an extra consecutive term of 18 months for violating his supervised release from a previous federal conviction related to transportation of child pornography. For that earlier offense, he had been sentenced to eight and a half years in federal prison.
According to court records, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Rockwell’s Kennebunkport residence in November 2024 and found a tablet containing numerous image and video files depicting the sexual abuse of prepubescent children. During an interview with authorities, Rockwell admitted owning the tablet and acknowledged its contents.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine is responsible for prosecuting federal crimes such as this one and serves as the chief federal law enforcement officer across Maine according to its official website. The office also handles civil matters involving the government, collects debts owed federally, operates out of Portland and Bangor, enhances quality of life through law enforcement efforts, builds alliances with other agencies at all levels within Maine's jurisdiction, and functions as a federal law enforcement agency according to its official website.
Officials urge anyone who encounters incidents involving possession or distribution of child sexual abuse material—legally termed "child pornography"—to report it immediately because these images document exploitation and revictimize children each time they are viewed. In 2023 alone, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received over thirty-six million reports concerning such materials nationwide.
This prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood—a Department of Justice initiative launched in May 2006—to combat online child exploitation by coordinating resources among local, state and federal authorities.
