Former Jared Foundation director sentenced to 27 years in prison

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Source: Associated Press

Former Jared Foundation director sentenced to 27 years in prison

Associated Press in Indianapolis
Thursday 10 December 2015 19.12 GMT

The former director of a charitable foundation started by ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle begged a federal judge for leniency in a tearful address to the court on Thursday, before being sentenced to 27 years in prison for producing child abuse images.

Russell Taylor choked back tears as he asked US district court judge Tanya Walton Pratt for a sentence that would allow him to someday reunite with his family and children and rebuild his relationships with them.

The minimum sentence under federal law was 15 years. Prosecutors sought a 35-year sentence. His attorneys wanted a sentence ranging from 15 years to nearly 23 years.

After he pleaded guilty to child exploitation and child abuse images charges, Taylor begged Pratt to “not allow me to rot in the landfill of lost souls” with a long prison term. The 44-year-old Indianapolis man also apologized to his victims as his supporters wept in the courtroom.

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1. man also apologized to his victims as his supporters wept in the courtroom.

Authorities said Taylor secretly filmed 12 children who were nude, changing clothes or engaged in other activities. They said he used cameras hidden in his Indianapolis-area homes to produce child abuse images.

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