A homeless Level 3 sex offender was arraigned on child pornography possession charges on Monday, according to Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office. Mark W. Hedgecock, 43, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court. He was arrested last Friday.

Hedgecock is accused of soliciting and collecting child porn through his email account. The AG’s office was tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which discovered the email account. Investigators traced that account to Hedgecock.

According to Hedgecock’s listing on the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board website, he is homeless and lives close to Long Wharf. He’s been convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age on three occasions: twice in 1998 and once in 2002.


Hedgecock was held on $50,000 bail. Should he make bail, he’ll have to wear a GPS device and has been ordered not to interact with anyone under the age of 18.