Monmouth, MAINE

INDICTED Oct 12, 2007 -
Christopher Dumaine, 39, an English teacher at Monmouth Academy has been indicted on charges of having sex with a 16-year-old female student. The arraignment followed his indictment on two harges of gross sexual assault and two charges of unlawful sexual contact.

Dumaine resigned from Monmouth Academy in a one-line resignation letter effective Sept. 17, according to the Monmouth School Committee He pleaded not guilty.

ARRESTED AGAIN Oct 23 - Dumaine was arrested and charged with violating conditions of his bail.

Court documents filed by the Kennebec County Deputy District Attorney Alan Kelley say police saw Dumaine and the girl together on the private road leading to her house.

“Detective Adam Kelley recognized the victim as she exited the defendant’s vehicle, and told her to go to her residence as he took the defendant into custody,” according to the state’s motion to revoke Dumaine’s bail. The girl told officers “she did not want to say anything that would get the defendant in trouble,” the same document says.

Oct 25 - Prosecutors agreed Dumaine would be held without bail with the right to request a bail hearing at a later date. When he does so, prosecutors will pursue a motion, filed Tuesday, to revoke Dumaine's bail.

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING Nov 13 - Dumaine pleaded guilty to two counts each of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact and one count of violating a condition of release. He was sentenced (sorta) to four years in jail, with all but the nine months suspended.

Nov 14 From the Sun Journal: Dumaine must also register as a sex offender for the next 10 years.

TT - posters at the news story were mildly disgusted at the student who sat in the court room with her parents. She wrote a letter to the judge asking to see Dumaine once she turned 18. It prompted this response.

Seems she was and is more then willing in this situation and she sat with her parents. I wonder if they approve of this affair? They actually let her submit this letter?
Welcome to Maine, breeding ground for Jerry Springer episodes

Nov 27 - Dumaine has lost his state teacher certification.

State law prevents officials from issuing information about the status of a teaching certificate — whether it's suspended or revoked.

Education Department spokesman David Connerty-Marin said he could confirm that Dumaine is no longer certified to teach in Maine, but could provide nothing more than the dates of certification.Dumaine was last certified to teach on Nov. 20, Connerty-Marin said, eight days after he pleaded guilty.

Gov. John Baldacci has vowed to propose legislation to change confidentiality provisions in a 1913 state law that keeps secret the reasons why teachers have lost their certification. The law came to light after an Associated Press report showed Maine was the only state that did not release information about why teachers lost certification.

LAWSUIT Dec 10 - A judge froze $800,000 in Dumaine's assets, an attachment requested by litigants who are suing Dumaine. The victim's parents and stepfather have sued. Dumaine is in divorce proceedings.