A former Texas youth pastor who was found guilty of producing child pornography in July 2022, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge on Wednesday to 60 years in prison. On July 22, 2022, a jury found Chad Michael Rider, 49, of Anna, Texas guilty of three counts of sexually exploiting children. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Texas said in a press release that in August 2022, investigators with Homeland Security were investigating David Pettigrew of Denison, Texas for child pornography. During the investigation, agents searched Pettigrew’s office at the Denison Church of Nazarene and seized...
