A federal law enforcement officer, who has also worked in local law enforcement, is charged with possessing child pornography. Police say there's no indication that any of the images were of children from Maine.

Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says Roy Wise, age 49 of Calais, was arrested Thursday night and charged with possessing child porn. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) suspected Wise of possessing child porn on his work computer, in addition to his computer at home. and asked the State Police Computer Crimes Unit to investigate.

Wise is a federal law enforcement officer assigned to the Cutler Naval Facility and is a former Calais police officer. He's charged with one count of possession of sexually explicit material of someone under the age of 12. Following his arrest at his home, Wise was taken to the Washington County Jail.

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