Man Must Serve 100% of Sentence On Sexual Exploitation of Minor Charges; Images Included Hundreds of Images Of Infants Being Raped

On June 2, 2016, Joshua David Lesler was sentenced to serve eight (8) years in prison by Knox County Criminal Court Judge Bob McGee. Lesler must serve 100% of the sentence and will be placed on the Tennessee Sex Offender registry.

Lesler was arrested on October 22, 2014, on a forty-six (46) count Grand Jury Indictment after a Knoxville Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) investigation discovered 357 pictures and 43 videos of prepubescent children and infants being raped. The images also included sadistic and masochistic images and bestiality involving children. At the time of Lesler’s arrest, he was in the process of regaining custody of his 6-month-old daughter.