From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
Federal judge Scott Coogler sentenced former Jefferson County Board of Education employee Brett Kirkham to 365 months in federal prison on Thursday.
Kirkham, 41, pleaded guilty in March to one federal count of enticing a person under the age of 18 and another count of possessing pornographic images of a child under 12 years old.
He will be put on supervised probation for life after his release from prison.
Kirkham has been an employee of the Jefferson County Schools for the last 16 years. He became a teacher in 2000, and taught for four years before serving as assistant principal for two years, and principal for six years at Hueytown Middle School where the victim was a student.
Kirkham came to the Jefferson County Board of Education staff in 2012, where he served as a group director for two years and then became human resources director for the last two years.
16 Comments
Alicia N Casey
If it were a female teacher she would have just got a slap on the wrist..SMH
Jamie R Brittian
Tiffany Palmer Wesley ♀️
Tere Vermillion Sizemore
Women go to prison also but I believe the pornography of a child less than 12 pushed this over the edge!
Tere Vermillion Sizemore
When I was in high school they literally did get a slap on the wrist. A coach had an affair with an 8th grader and he was just moved to a different school.
Kay Fochtmann Mickel
Sorry but you need to check your sources. Not true in Jefferson County, Al.
Brandon Wood
The fact this was a federal case probably explains his sentence. Most cases are brought under state laws which have different sentencing guides.
Brandon Wood
Chances are he ran afoul of federal child pornograpy laws. He’ll have to serve most of his sentence.
Janet Nelson Eubanks
So that makes this case of child pornography okay? SMH.
Dennis Gray
“…supervised probation for life after his release.”
If he serves the full term, he’ll be 71 when he gets out.
Liz Trucks Willingham
Enjoy your 30 years scum!!!
Bethany McGriff Ellis
Leah Wurtele glad y’all left hueytown
Leah Wurtele
Lol yeah but this happens everywhere
Kathy Mims Clements
But he is sincerely sorry!
Wanda Stack
Sounds like Hillary and O.J. All they have to do is say I’m so sorry I didn’t mean too. Blah Blah Blah.
Rhonda Summerville
When there’s pornography and Internet it automatically gets feds involved because it’s over state lines. And I believe woman and men should get the same punishment! I wish he would actually have to spend the whole 30 years, but he will get out having only served a fraction of that and be monitored and restricted Internet which is a joke.
Melissa Leigh Swanson
This is just so disturbing. What is wrong with people?? And he was a teacher too! I’m sick of these nasty perverts making teachers look bad. Pornography under 12?? Bless those little babies’ hearts.