Overview
- David Ezra Benton, 34, admitted to 14 counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12, four counts of first-degree sodomy, and 18 counts of producing obscene material.
- Judge Shannon Clark ordered a 30-year term to be served day-for-day in the Alabama Department of Corrections without good-time credit or parole.
- Prosecutors said Benton filmed the assaults on his phone in October 2021 while visiting friends and slipping into the girl's bedroom.
- The victim told her parents the next morning and later agreed to the plea resolution, according to District Attorney James Tarbox.
- Benton had been set for trial Wednesday as the Pike County Sheriff’s Office led the case with assistance from the regional Child Advocacy Center and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office.