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A former special education technician at Ocean Avenue Elementary School in Portland was sentenced Monday to 22 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor on August 31, 2022.

Benjamin Conroy, a 34-year-old special education technician from Maine, will spend 22 years in federal prison for sexually abusing an autistic child and distributing images of the act.

Benjamin Conroy will spend decades behind bars for the sexual exploitation of a child with autism.

Benjamin Conroy, 34, took responsibility for the crime at his sentencing hearing Monday, saying he was "tortured" by the harm he caused.

Benjamin Conroy, 33, pleaded guilty last year to sexually abusing the child, who has autism.

A former Ocean Avenue Elementary School employee was sentenced Monday in a Portland courtroom for the sexual exploitation of a minor.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A former special education technician who sexually abused a 6-year-old autistic girl and recorded it was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Monday. Benjamin Conroy, who pleaded guilty last year to sexual exploitation of a minor, must serve 15 years of probation when he's released from prison, the judge said.

Benjamin Conroy, a 34-year-old special education technician from Maine, will spend 22 years in federal prison for sexually abusing an autistic child and distributing images of the act.