Gregory Wade Hughes, Child Pornography, Alabama 2023

A federal judge in Huntsville, Alabama, has sentenced a local man to more than eight years in prison for possession of child pornography.

Gregory Wade Hughes, 33, was sentenced to 101 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

According to court documents, Homeland Security Investigations received seventeen cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) relating to an internet protocol (IP) address that had uploaded apparent child sexual abuse materials online.

Investigation revealed that the IP address was subscribed at a residence where Hughes lived. On July 12, 2018, a search warrant was executed on the residence and several electronic devices were seized.

Forensic examination revealed child sexual abuse material on two of Hughes’ devices. Hughes was interviewed and admitted that he had searched for pornographic videos and images involving children under the age of thirteen.

This conviction will require Hughes to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) along with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys R. Leann White and John M. Hundscheid prosecuted the case.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/huntsville-man-sentenced-more-eight-years-possession-child-pornography