Hubbard to be sentenced Feb. 10

Published 3:00 pm Friday, February 5, 2016

A former Chilton County sheriff’s deputy and schools employee who pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual abuse in 2015 is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 10 at 8:30 a.m.

Court records show David Hubbard, 41, is scheduled to appear before Chilton County Circuit Judge Ben A. Fuller for sentencing at the Chilton County Courthouse.

Hubbard entered a negotiated guilty plea in December 2015 to rape in the second degree, four counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19, and one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes, according to court records.

Hubbard was originally indicted on 47 counts including 42 felony charges and five misdemeanors.

Hubbard’s trial was scheduled to begin Dec. 7, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. with jury selection at the Autauga County Courthouse in Prattville, but Hubbard entered a plea agreement before his trial.

The charges came after a June 19, 2014, wreck on Alabama Highway 145 near Jefferson State Community College in Clanton, which involved three vehicles and resulted in the death of an Alabaster man and two others being hospitalized.

The wreck was the initial link to David Hubbard and his wife, Rebecca Hubbard.

After an investigation into the wreck, David and Rebecca Hubbard were arrested in July 2014 and were first charged with sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

As news of the initial charges were released, other minors came forward and alleged that they had also been subjected to inappropriate and illegal contact with David and Rebecca Hubbard.

The two were indicted by a special grand jury in Chilton County held in November 2014 on 77 total charges.

In August 2015, Rebecca Hubbard, 36, entered a negotiated guilty plea to two counts of rape in the second degree, one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes, one count of a school employee having sexual contact with a student less than 19, and one count of a school employee committing a sexual act with a student less than 19, according to court records.

Rebecca Hubbard is scheduled to be sentenced March 9 at 8:30 a.m. at the Chilton County Courthouse.

Prosecutors are recommending sentences for David Hubbard’s charges to be 20 years for one count of rape in the second degree, 20 years for each of the four counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19, and 10 years for one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes.

All sentences would run concurrently, according to court records.