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Youth Coach Sentenced to Prison for Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material

A youth coach from Hudson was sentenced to 121 months in prison for receiving child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Nathaniel Willard Byrd, 38, received the sentence on August 13, 2026.

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