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A 29-year-old man named Joshua Hole just received an 87-month federal prison sentence for distributing child pornography — and 15 years of supervised release after. He pleaded guilty in April 2026, but the case began in March 2025 when police in Toledo, Ohio, arrested a man planning to abuse two infants. Investigators discovered Hole had been exchanging horrific child abuse material with him via Telegram and even encouraged the trip. Charged in November 2025, Hole had been flagged back in 2019 by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after someone reported his activity — but no charges followed then. The judge noted his refusal to change, the graphic nature of the content, and his online behavior. This case was part of the FBI and Stoughton Police’s Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide effort to combat online child exploitation.

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