A 60-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having 153 images of child pornography.

A Blount County judge on Tuesday sentenced Jody Lane Crawford on the possession of obscene matter convictions. Crawford also received a year and a day for possession of a controlled substance.

Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in 2017 carried out a search warrant at Crawford’s home on Abbott Road in Hayden in 2017 and seized at least five devices containing at least 153 images of children, many of whom were engaged in sexual acts, said Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey.

Crawford pleaded guilty to the crimes on Jan. 15, 2025. His plea did not include any agreement on sentencing.

According to the indictment, Crawford had digital files with names including phrases like “illegal preteen underage”, “preteen (expletive)”, “10yo-boys-suck”, “little (expletive)”, “young naked little girl”, “child incest” and others.

One of the videos showed a prepubescent female blindfolded and bound and a dog that was taking part in the sex act.

“Unfortunately, and sadly, as prosecutors, we can become accustomed to seeing a certain level of depravity in our line of work. Occasionally, someone comes along and moves the bar to a new level,” Casey said. “This case has raised the bar. The level of sexual deviance and depravity in these images is incomprehensible.”

Casey went on to say that it was not a victimless crime.

“Over 100 children are depicted in these images,” she said. “The very thought of a 5-year-old girl being tied to a bed and forced to engage in sexual acts with a grown man and a dog makes me sick and my heart hurt.”

“It will keep you up at night,” Casey said.

“The fact that the law treats possession of such an image as the equivalent to the unlawful possession of a forged dollar bill is incomprehensible,” she said. “We must change this if we want to make Alabama safe for our children and our grandchildren.”