ALFRED — A jury at York County Superior Court Monday found Gary Traynham guilty of aggravated assault and criminal restraint, but deadlocked on charges of gross sexual assault and burglary.

Traynham, 39, of Kennebunk, was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend in her Sanford apartment in November 2009, scooping up their 2-year-old daughter and driving away, triggering Maine’s first Amber Alert. The charges he faced all involved former girlfriend Lisa Gould ”“ none involved their daughter, Hailey.

“It was a tough case,” said Traynham’s attorney, Amy Fairfield. “It was a very thoughtful jury. Their questions were astute. You could tell they were really grappling with the evidence.”

Speaking with reporters following the verdict, Fairfield said the case had received a lot of attention because her client had left the area with his and Gould’s child.

“So people believed her right out of the gate,” said Fairfield of the gross sexual assault charges.

Traynham and his daughter were found by a hunter on a woods road in Milton, N.H. about 30 hours later. The hunter convinced Traynham to turn himself in.

The gross sexual assault and burglary charges the jury couldn’t decide ”“ in more than eight hours of deliberation over two days ”“ could be brought again. Assistant District Attorney Thad West said following the verdict Monday that hadn’t been decided.

“We’d hoped the jury could reach a verdict on all counts. We’re encouraged by the verdicts issued,” said West outside the courtroom after the jury spoke.

During opening statements a week ago, West painted a picture of a brutal man whom he said threw Gould across a room and then sexually assaulted her.

Fairfield told jurors that Traynham was worried about his former girlfriend controlling how much time he was able to spend with his daughter. Fairfield noted a lack of internal physical evidence during a rigorous examination of Gould at the hospital following the alleged attack, and said a rape had not taken place.

The six man, six woman jury deliberated for three hours Friday and began again at 9 a.m. Monday. At one point, they filed back into the courtroom after asking for a definition of the elements of the crimes charged. After a break for lunch, they began again, and sent a note to the judge at about 2:30 p.m., indicating they were deadlocked on some of the charges. Justice G. Arthur Brennan asked them to try again. Forty minutes later, they again said they were deadlocked on the gross sexual assault and burglary charges, and a poll of the jury by Brennan bore that out.

Aggravated assault is a Class B felony and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Criminal restraint is a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail.

Brennan asked for sentencing memoranda in two weeks, but indicated that a sentencing date could come sooner.

Traynham, held at York County jail for 16 months awaiting trial, will remain in custody until sentencing, Brennan indicated.

— Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 or twells@journaltribune.com.