Tim
Reaves
GREENSBORO,
N.C. -- Ex-Kannapolis police officer Steven Anthony Webb and his wife were
sentenced this week in a child porn case after they agreed to plead guilty in
December.
Steven
Webb, of 1408 Nottingham Drive, Kannapolis, originally was charged with
receiving child pornography, distributing child pornography, two counts of
possessing material containing child pornography and one count of accessing
child pornography with the intent to view.
He
pleaded guilty to the accessing child pornography charge and was sentenced
Tuesday to 10 years in prison, Kannapolis police confirm. He will also have to
register as a sex offender.
Tracy
Webb, of the same address, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison
after pleading guilty to misprision of a felony -- failing to notify
authorities about her husband’s actions.
Prosecutors
agreed to not oppose a motion to dismiss her original charge -- knowingly and
willfully making a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement and
representation to agents from the FBI.
Steven
Webb, a former Kannapolis police officer, was accused of receiving and
distributing child pornography over the summer. He worked for KPD from June 18,
2008 until his termination on July 31, 2013, after his arrest by the FBI on
July 22.
Prosecutors
had planned to use testimony from four witnesses who claimed Steven Webb abused
them as minors. They also said the minors in the recording featuring Tracy Webb
“implicate sexual abuse by both defendants,” according to a document filed in
the case.
Kannapolis
Police Chief Woody Chavis said an anonymous tip in July led KPD to Steven Webb,
and the agency immediately called in the FBI.