New York Times bestseller author charged with child pornography

A New York Times The best-selling mystery author was reportedly arrested this summer for possession of child pornography.

A grand jury in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, returned six felony charges against author Brendan DuBois earlier this week.

Court records show he turned himself in to police in July and will be arraigned on Oct. 23, according to The Associated Press.

A criminal complaint cited by Foster’s Daily Democrat states that DuBois “knowingly possessed at least 35 visual images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.”

A police affidavit filed by Exeter Police Detective Bailey Teixeira said DuBois had several items seized from his home in May as part of an investigation after a tip was filed with police in March by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The affidavit said that more than 5,600 images on the computer were flagged as “possible child abuse content”, although details were only given about 20 of them.

DuBois has written 29 novels, including several in collaboration with noted author James Patterson, described by Foster’s Daily Democrat as DuBois’s “mentor and” the most published author in the world. ”