Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code § 754. Obstructing criminal prosecution

A. The person uses force, violence or intimidation, or the person promises, offers or gives any pecuniary benefit or anything of benefit to another, with the intent to induce the other:

B. The person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit or anything of benefit to another in consideration of doing any of the things specified in this subsection.

A. The charge in fact made or liable to be made was for a Class D or Class E crime or a comparable juvenile offense; and

B. The pecuniary benefit did not exceed an amount which the actor believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the offense.