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David and Rebecca Hubbard

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A former sheriff's deputy who also was a Chilton County school resource officer and teacher was sentenced to 20 years in prison after his guilty plea on multiple counts of sexual conduct with underage students.

David Hubbard and his wife, Rebecca Hubbard, were arrested in 2014. They each faced an array of charges, including facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act, school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under 19, second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, enticing a child for immoral purposes, school employee having sexual conduct with a student under 19 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. At the time of their arrest, their bonds were set at $1 million.

David Hubbard pleaded guilty to four counts of school employee engaging in a sex act with student under 19, one count of second-degree rape, and one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes.

David Hubbard was a former Chilton County sheriff's deputy who resigned June 1, 2014 to teach full-time at the LeCroy Career Center. He taught a class for students who were interested in careers in law enforcement or firefighting, and he served as a school resource officer before that. Rebecca Hubbard was a substitute teacher also employed by the Chilton County Board of Education.

The investigation started with a wreck near Jefferson State Community College on June 19, 2014. Christopher Alan Webster, 45, of Alabaster, was killed in the wreck on Highway 145. While trying to determine if alcohol was a factor, investigators found information leading them to believe the Hubbards provided an underage female with alcohol the previous day. They then found evidence of an inappropriate relationship between the Hubbards and the female.

The Hubbards were first charged July 16, 2014 with school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. On July 29, 19th Judicial Circuit Chief Deputy District Attorney C.J. Robinson said more students came forward to say they were subjected to inappropriate and illegal conduct with the Hubbards between 2013 and 2015. David and Rebecca Hubbard were both employed by the school system within the timeframe of the incidents. There were a total of four victims.

Rebecca Hubbard pleaded guilty in August to two counts of second-degree rape, one count of a school employee having sexual contact with a student less than 19, one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes and one count of a school employee committing a sexual act with a student less than 19. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 9.

Chilton County District Attorney Randall Houston released this statement today along with the announcement of David Hubbard's sentencing: "Life is about choices. This morning I spoke to 1,000 Chilton County School System juniors and seniors at a life awareness conference on the top of 'choices matter.' I am struck by the fact that some of these are the same children David Hubbard was supposed to be helping. Choices do matter and the ones David made negatively affected many, many lives."

"Today we have ensured Hubbard will never have the opportunity to betray the public trust by working in law enforcement again,'' Houston said. "His behavior is disgusting and he deserves to rot in prison for the way he lured and took advantage of these young victims."