MAINE
Portland Press Herald

Written by Scott Dolan, Staff Writer

ALFRED — A pastor who ran a Christian ministry catering to Biddeford’s homeless and poor has been indicted by a York County grand jury on 31 counts of possession of child pornography.

James Napier, 61, of 75 Middle Branch Drive, Alfred, had been arrested after Maine State Police received a tip about him and confronted him at his home on Aug. 31, 2012. Napier gave them permission to search his home and his computer, where officers found more than 100 images of child pornography, police said.

Napier was initially charged with a single count of felony possession of explicit material of a child younger than 12 years old, and released on $500 cash bail. The images were of children outside of Maine.

A grand jury indicted Napier on 29 counts of that same felony charge, each punishable by up…