{"id":49169,"date":"2026-03-19T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=49169"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:04:03","slug":"who-is-joseph-truman-hutchins-and-how-was-he-involved-in-delaying-josh-duggars-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/19\/who-is-joseph-truman-hutchins-and-how-was-he-involved-in-delaying-josh-duggars-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Joseph Truman Hutchins, and how was he involved in delaying Josh Duggar’s arrest?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former 19 Kids and Counting star Joseph Duggar has been accused of molesting a nine year old according to reports<\/a>. His brother Josh Duggar was jailed in 2022 for child pornography, but how does Joseph Truman Hutchins fit into it all?<\/p>\n

In 2005, a former Arkansas state trooper Joseph Truman Hutchens is believed to have spoken to Josh Duggar after he allegedly assaulted underage females.<\/p>\n

Jim Bob Duggar told the police that Joseph Truman gave Josh a “very stern talk” about what would happen if he “continued such behaviour.”<\/p>\n

However, according to the report<\/a> the state trooper claimed that there was “nothing else to do” and did not report what Josh had told him.<\/p>\n

The investigating officer at the Arkansas State Police said at the time: \u201cI can\u2019t comment or discuss [this case] because of the sensitive nature and because it involved a juvenile.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2007, Joseph Truman Hutchens was then convicted and sentenced himself on child pornography charges, but was released on parole in 2010.\u00a0According to The US Sun<\/a>, he was then released from jail in 2022.<\/p>\n

Josh Duggar was then arrested in 2021 on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography, and on May 25th, 2022, he was\u00a0found guilty and sentenced to 12 years behind bars.<\/p>\n

For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He was released from prison in 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":49177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2222],"class_list":["post-49169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-19-kids-and-counting"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/19\/who-is-joseph-truman-hutchins-and-how-was-he-involved-in-delaying-josh-duggars-arrest\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Who is Joseph Truman Hutchins, and how was he involved in delaying Josh Duggar’s arrest?","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/19\/who-is-joseph-truman-hutchins-and-how-was-he-involved-in-delaying-josh-duggars-arrest\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/19\/who-is-joseph-truman-hutchins-and-how-was-he-involved-in-delaying-josh-duggars-arrest\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-03-19T085954.729-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2026-03-19T085954.729.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["19 kids and counting"],"dateCreated":"2026-03-19T09:04:03Z","datePublished":"2026-03-19T09:04:03Z","dateModified":"2026-03-19T09:04:03Z"},"rendered":"