AMORY, Miss. (WJTV) – A former North Mississippi teacher was sentenced to 192 years in prison after he was convicted on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

Toshemie Wilson, a former teacher in the Amory School District, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 29. He was also ordered to pay $123,353.34 in restitution to victims of the offense and a $5,000 trafficking assessment.

In December 2023, a jury in Greenville found Wilson guilty of eight counts of sexual exploitation of children based on his conduct while he was a teacher employed by the Amory School District. Testimony at the trial revealed that Wilson used his position as a teacher and advisor for the student group Technology Students of America (TSA) to groom students to eventually produce child sexual abuse videos and pictures in exchange for money and drugs.

During Wilson’s trial, seven witnesses testified that he approached them while they were students and solicited them to make masturbation videos in exchange for pay between 2005 and 2014. The witnesses identified multiple places Wilson had them make the videos including the school bathroom, an office space rented specifically for this purpose, and the Amory Wal-Mart bathroom.

Several of the witnesses stated they were induced to make videos while on out-of-town school trips with TSA.

An investigation in this case initially began when one former student reported the abuse to a counselor. That counselor then reported the statement to law enforcement. 

“Parents and children should be able to trust teachers, and Toshemie Wilson profoundly betrayed that trust and deserves every hour of every day that he spends in prison,” said U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner. “I cannot say enough about the courage of the victims who came forward, and I commend AUSA Parker King for leading the prosecution and the efforts of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, the FBI, and our local law enforcement partners.  Wilson is now exactly where he belongs.”

The investigation of this case was a joint effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, and multiple state and local law enforcement agencies.