BIRMINGHAM, AL
A former Homewood middle school coach and elementary school special education aide has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Alabama Department of Public Safety Director Hugh B. McCall.
Joshua David Statum, 26, of Pelham, was sentenced to eight years and one month in prison for possessing 1,875 images of child pornography in 2011 and 2012.
Statum pleaded guilty to the charge in March. He must serve five years of supervised release after completing his prison term.
Among the videos Statum possessed and distributed on a peer-to-peer file-sharing computer software program was one showing a little girl, less than 12 years old, being sadistically sodomized and raped, and another showing a 5-year-old girl performing sexual acts, according to court documents.
While Statum was working as an assistant wrestling and football coach at Homewood Middle School and as a special education aide, he was viewing and sharing child pornography over the Internet, according to the government’s sentencing memorandum.
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel J. Fortune prosecuted the case.
Statum’s actions are a disturbing reminder of the dangers of child exploitation and the importance of holding perpetrators accountable.
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Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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