A New York Times best-selling author, who co-wrote thrillers with James Patterson, has been arrested on child porn charges.
Brendan DuBois, 64, was arrested on Wednesday in New Hampshire and charged with six counts of child pornography possession.
Exeter Police and the Internet Crimes Against Child Task Force began an investigation into him in March after Google reported someone had stored ‘apparent child pornography’ in a Google Drive account.
Authorities obtained a search warrant and raided his home before he surrendered himself to police on Wednesday.
The pedophile, who has co-authored nine books with Patterson, is being held in the 10th Circuit Court in Brentwood ahead of his arraignment.
Police were alerted to the child pornography by Google and downloaded the images which showed kids posing suggestively or engaging in sex acts with adults.
They tracked down the IP address of the user and were led to DuBois’ home on May 7.
He declined to speak to authorities at the time of a search warrant but his wife Mona Pinette told police they used separate computers and had a password on their Wi-Fi so people outside could not use it, according to an affidavit.
She added that they were the only ones in their home when the pictures were downloaded.
Severn River Publishing, which published 12 of his books, has removed his biography and references to the novels from its website.
‘We are deeply disturbed by the serious allegations against Brendan DuBois,’ the company said.
‘While we respect the legal process, we have decided to immediately suspend all promotion and sales of Mr. DuBois’ books.
‘We believe these steps are necessary to uphold our values and maintain the trust of our readers, authors, and the publishing community.’
The white pedophile is a former reporter who has written mystery novels and worked with Patterson who became the first author to sell 100 million books across all print formats.
He has written 29 novels, been awarded with the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in 2021 and appeared on Jeopardy in 2012.
Reporters have contacted Exeter Police for comment.
