Overview
- Cowlitz County Judge Thad Scudder imposed 61 months in prison, 15 years of sex-offender registration, 36 months of community custody, and $3,000 in fees on Feb. 23.
- Jeremy P. Williams pleaded guilty in January to three counts of possessing depictions of minors in sexually explicit conduct after initially facing 13 charges.
- Investigators used hash matching to flag files tied to Williams’ accounts before seizing phones and computers during a search of his home, according to local reports.
- A pre-sentencing report says he sought online erotica communities, engaged in role-play that led to trading images, and admitted sharing a video of a six-month-old.
- Williams was arrested Sept. 16 while on paid leave over comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing, and authorities say there is no indication district students were involved.