From The Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY — A Springville man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for multiple sex crimes against a minor under the age of 12 on Thursday, June 9.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, 38-year-old Timothy Shane Smith was convicted in St. Clair County Circuit Court on May 12, 2022, for first-degree sodomy (a class A felony) and sexual abuse of a child under 12 years of age (a class B felony).
Smith was sentenced to 45 years for first-degree sodomy and 15 years for sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years of age. The two sentences will run consecutively for a total of 60 years to be served in prison.
Smith’s trial revealed that he sexually abused the victim, who was between the ages of five and eight.
Smith was not eligible for parole, good time, or a probationary sentence due to the victim’s age at the time the offenses occurred.
“There are few things more vile than the crimes this defendant repeatedly committed against a defenseless child,” Attorney General Steve Marshall said. “It is fitting that he should spend 60 years behind bars with no possibility of parole to fully contemplate the heinous nature of his acts.”
