Best-selling author Brendan DuBois has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials

BRENTWOOD, N.H. – A bestselling crime author who was arrested in New Hampshire this summer for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material has been formally charged with six felonies.

A Rockingham County grand jury has dismissed charges against Brendan DuBois, who has been jailed since turning himself in to Exeter police in July, according to court documents. An attorney for DuBois, 65, did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on October 23rd.

DuBois’ website says he is a New York Times bestselling author who has written 29 novels. He co-wrote several of them with James Patterson, including “Cross Down”, “Count Down”, “The Summer House” and “Blowback”.

Severn River Publishing previously announced it would be removing its books from its website. “While we respect the legal process, we have decided to immediately cease all promotion and sales of Mr. DuBois’s books,” the company that published DuDois said after his arrest.