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A former Brunswick police officer charged in June with attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor following a federal investigation may be nearing a plea agreement, according to his attorney.

U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II recently announced that Garrett G. Brosnan, 25, of Bath, was arrested June 21 and charged in U.S. District Court with the criminal complaint. Brunswick Police Department announced June 25 that Brosnan had resigned.

Delahanty’s office stated that, according to court records, on two occasions earlier in June, Brosnan sent obscene material to an individual who he believed to be a 14- year-old girl. In fact, the recipient of the material was an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

Brosnan’s attorney, Michael Cunniff, said Brosnan faced two counts of attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor. He emphasized his client has fully accepted responsibility for his actions.

On Wednesday, Cunniff said prosecutors, with consent from the defense, recently asked the court to extend the deadlines for when an indictment would need to be filed against Brosnan.

Cunniff said he expects a plea agreement will be proposed to the court in which the government acknowledges, or indicates that Brosnan has accepted responsibility for his conduct. He expects Brosnan will only be charged with a single count of attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.

When sentencing, assuming everything goes as anticipated, “the court will take into account all of the conduct associated with the case, but Brosnan, as evident from court appearances, has made great strides to demonstrate his acceptance of responsibility,” for his conduct, Cunniff said.

He added that circumstances he believes demonstrate that this disposition will be appropriate, “and it’s also noteworthy that in this instance, undercover agents contacted Mr. Brosnan. It may not excuse the conduct but certainly it is relative that undercover agents contacted him and not the reverse.”

Cunniff said a plea agreement is a benefit not only to the defense and prosecution, “but also to the public because it allows for the court to consider a disposition that takes the parties as well as the public into account and of course, the judge still retains the discretion to impose an appropriate sentence that is reflective of the circumstances,” he said.

The agreement could be finalized within the next two weeks.

dmoore@timesrecord.com