A Franklin man was sentenced on Tuesday for multiple child exploitation offenses.
Joseph Roush, 27, was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison, followed by a term of lifetime supervised release for:
One count of distribution of child pornography
One count of possession of child pornography
One count of sexual exploitation of a child
He is also ordered to pay $69,000 in restitution, $3,000 to each of the identified victims.
Over the course of several years, Roush possessed and distributed tens of thousands of images and videos containing child sexual abuse material.
Investigators located 20,000 images and videos across numerous devices.
According to the release, Roush participated in the hands-on sexual exploitation of children in other countries via an online streaming platform and used a child entrusted to his care to produce images containing child sexual abuse material.
There is no parole in the federal system.
Source: WBKO
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