WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
MADISON, WIS. - Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joshua Hole, 29, Stoughton, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 87 months in federal prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for distributing child pornography. Hole pleaded guilty to this charge on April 20, 2026.
In 2019, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip that Hole was using an instant messaging application to trade child pornography. Hole was interviewed by law enforcement, and wh...