Pedophile state trooper who let Josh Duggar go over molestation claims FREED from jail after 15-year child porn sentence
THE state trooper who reportedly let Josh Duggar walk free after he was brought in over child molestation allegations has been released from prison after serving 15 years on his own child porn charges.
It comes just days before Josh, 34, is set to be sentenced on separate child pornography charges.
However, Hutchens failed to follow up on the claims and just two years later was behind bars on his own charges.
The investigating officer at the Arkansas State Police said at the time: “I can’t comment or discuss [this case] because of the sensitive nature and because it involved a juvenile.”
Hutchens, then 69, was convicted and sentenced in 2007 on child pornography charges, but released on parole in 2010.
In sickening details, it emerged he had pornographic photos of one of his own relatives on camera.
Soon after he was released he was arrested again, and charged with another child porn offense.
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He was given a 60-year sentence, but a document obtained by The Sun showed he was "approved for parole" this week.
19 Kids And Counting star Jim Bob apparently turned his son into the Arkansas State Police following allegations he'd been molesting young girls.
After the trooper's arrest, someone in the police department reportedly contacted the Child Abuse Hotline, leading to the Crimes Against Children Division and Springdale Police Department involving themselves in the case.
A 2006 police report claimed Josh molested underage females in the family home, including sisters Jill, 30, and Jessa, 29, who came forward as victims.
At that point, the statute of limitations in that case had passed.
However last year, Josh, 34, was found guilty of possessing and receiving child pornography and will be sentenced for the crimes on May 25.
Josh is requesting just five years in prison, while the prosecution is demanding he receives the maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars.
Josh’s wife Anna and mother Michelle, along with other family members and friends, have been trying to support his lenient request by writing letters to judge Timothy L. Brooks.
The Sun can exclusively reveal that the prosecution slammed his loved ones’ support of the fallen son.
Court papers obtained by The Sun read: “To support his argument, Duggar relies on claims from his wife, his mother, and others that he is ‘deeply devoted’ to his faith and family."
The court documents add: “These claims only underscore the appropriateness of the Government’s sentencing recommendation.
“Indeed, his supportive family and public-facing and privileged lifestyle make his pattern of criminal conduct all the more baffling."
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In response, Josh’s legal team said: “The sentence the Government seeks is excessive, entirely unwarranted, and unprecedented given the alleged crime for which Duggar stands before this Court for sentencing.
“To be clear, nobody denies the extent to which real children are victims of child pornography crimes—but the Government’s focus in its sentencing memorandum is clearly intended to provoke an emotional response in the hopes that this Court will hand down an unnecessarily harsh sentence in this case.”