Related News: 1,500+ years for couple who produced child pornography

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A federal judge sentenced a Lauderdale County couple to hundreds of years in prison for sexually abusing a minor child in their custody to produce images of child pornography.

Officials said Patricia Ayers is sentenced to 1,590 years in prison. Her husband, Matthew Ayers, was sentenced to 750 years in prison.

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Related News: Man gets three years for sodomizing teenager

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A 30-year-old Coffee Springs man recently received three years in prison after pleading guilty to the rape and sodomy of a teenager.

Court records show Jim Mathis pleaded guilty Monday to felony second-degree rape and felony second-degree sodomy in front of Circuit Court Judge William Filmore.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Eiland receives split sentence in child porn case

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Former Andalusia Area Chamber of Commerce Director Ashley Bostwick Eiland received a split sentence, including both prison time and probation, Thursday in front of Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Former Oak Mountain Middle teacher gets prison for sex act with student

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A former teacher at Oak Mountain Middle School pleaded guilty this morning to one felony count of being a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student younger than 19.

Under the plea agreement, Jeffery Scott Atkins, who turns 41 on Wednesday, received a sentence of 20 years in prison that was split to require him to serve three years with the remaining term suspended. Following his release he will be placed on five years of supervised probation.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Another inmate caught posting to Facebook, prison officials respond

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Prison inmates continue to get caught with cell phones. Not only are they getting their hands on phones, they’re using them to post to social media sites.

Gregory Bigham, of Montgomery, shares pictures and status updates with friends on Facebook, posing in his prison jumpsuit and showing off his tattoos. In a post from Wednesday, he captioned a photo: “Another day in the joint IM still standing one day at a time.”

The snapshot and several others were listed as mobile uploads. He has posted on and off since 2011.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Ala. lawmaker lobs bill to castrate sex offenders

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The Florence Times Daily reports Republican Rep. Steve Hurst of Munford is trying again to pass a bill requiring sex offenders over the age of 21 whose victims were 12 or younger to be surgically castrated before being released from prison.

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Related News: Teen faces prison time after Facebook comment

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It’s probably not a good idea to post threats on Facebook to “shoot up a school full of kids,” even if you follow it up with “LOL” and “JK.” (“LOL” and “JK” is online speak for “laughing out loud” and “just kidding.”) Especially months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Source: MSN

Related News: Man gets 12 years for molesting 8-year-old girl

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A Houston County judge recently sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for molesting an 8-year-old girl.

Assistant Houston County District Attorney Patrick Amason said Circuit Court Judge Kevin Moulton gave 24-year-old Lorenzo Chitay the sentence last week after he pleaded guilty to a felony sex abuse of a child under the age of 12 charge.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Former TV station owner sentenced to 1,000 years in prison

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A former TV station owner is sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children.  

Peter Mallory was sentenced Tuesday in a Troup County courtroom on 60 counts of child exploitation.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Wendy’s drive-through worker who sold child porn gets 22 years in prison

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Juan Antonio Rosa, 36, was sentenced Wednesday to almost 22 years in prison for distributing child pornography to customers with their food, the San Antonio Express-News reported. He pleaded guilty to the charges back in March.

Rosa allegedly found his porn customers online, and buyers then said “Scooby Doo” as a code word to buy memory cards with their food, at the fast-food chain’s drive-through window. Officials said the SD memory cards were loaded up with two to five pornographic videos that were sold for $50 each, the Express-News reported.

Source: MSNBC