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Former Fulton police officer pleads guilty to child sex crimes

• Max Quinn, KOMU 8 Digital Content Producer
• 9 hrs ago

A former Fulton police officer pleaded guilty in federal court to producing and possessing child sexual abuse material.

Jimmy Joe Culbertson, 68, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography, according to a Justice Department news release.

Culbertson has also been in Boone County Jail since 2024 on eight counts of statutory sodomy involving a person less than 12 years old.

Culbertson admitted to photographing his abuse of two minor children and possessing more than 150 child sexual abuse material files, according to the release.

He also possessed software intended to hide his online activities and permanently delete digital evidence, law enforcement found.

Culbertson faces up to 70 years in federal prison without parole, according to the news release. 

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the United States Probation Office completes a presentence investigation, according to the release.

This case was first investigated by the Boone County Sheriff's Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Turner.

Baltimore County softball coach pleads guilty in child sex abuse case

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by LUKE PARKER | BALTIMORE SUN

Tue, September 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM

A former Baltimore County softball coach, Michael Pusateri, has been charged with sex offenses. (Baltimore County PD)

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BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WBFF) — A Baltimore County softball coach pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing one of his then-17-year-old players, who was also the daughter of one of his employees. Michael J. Pusateri, a 60-year-old Nottingham resident, was indicted last September on 37 charges, almost half of them felonies, and then again at the federal level in January. Scheduled for trial this week in the county case, the volunteer coach pleaded guilty to one of the five sexual abuse of a minor counts issued against him. As a result, the remaining 36 charges were dismissed. A sentencing hearing is scheduled Thursday morning at the Baltimore County Circuit Court. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.