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Date: 10-04-2022

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United States of America v. Richard Pope

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Judge: Madeline H. Haikala

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (Jefferson County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Birmingham, Alabama criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with transferring obscene material to a minor.

Richard Pope, age 57, and a Birmingham teacher pleaded guilty to three counts of transmission of obscene material to a minor.

Richard Pope was a graphics art teacher and baseball coach at G.W. Carver High School in Birmingham. In March 2020, Pope messaged a minor on Facebook. During the chats, Pope engaged the minor in sexually explicit conversations and sent the minor obscene images.

“This sentence sends a strong message that those who abuse their positions of trust with our children will be prosecuted and punished,” U.S Attorney Escalona said. “My office, along with our law enforcement partners, will work to ensure that our schools are always safe for our children.”

“Pope betrayed the trust granted to him in his position as a teacher and now will pay the consequences for his actions,” SAC Rivera said. “The public can rest assured that the FBI will always be vigilant in pursuing those who choose to prey on our most vulnerable, especially our children. I am proud of the work done by the FBI Birmingham Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force and our partners at ALEA for bringing Pope to justice.”

FBI Birmingham’s Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case along with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John M. Hundscheid and R. Leann White prosecuted the case.

Outcome: Defendant was sentence to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He must also register as a sex offender in accordance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

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