According to court documents, a defendant befriended a mother of two children, 7 and 8, and offered to care for the children while she worked.
U.S. District Court Judge Liles C. Burke last week sentenced two North Alabama residents to more than 70 years in prison combined on unrelated child exploitation charges.
Becky Lynn Burroughs, 46, of Decatur, was sentenced to 21 years, six months in prison, followed by lifetime of supervised release. Burroughs pleaded guilty in April to distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography . According to Burrough’s plea agreement, Florida investigators identified an account distributing child pornography in an internet chatroom that belonged to Burroughs. Between March and September 2021, Burroughs uploaded at least 11 videos, as well as numerous images, of child pornography to the Internet. On September 1, 2021, a search warrant was obtained for Burrough’s residence in Decatur, and agents seized Burrough’s phone.
“The creation and distribution of digital images of child sexual abuse perpetuates a criminal industry that is incredibly destructive to both the victims and consumers of this material,,” Escalona said. “The prosecution of these defendants is part of the ongoing commitment of my office, and that of our federal, state, and local partners, to identify and prosecute child predators.
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