For The Record – March 2007
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Stacie Michelle Wilson, 27, and Christopher Dale Long, 27, both of Ada, OK face charges of lewd molestation, aiding and soliciting a minor child to perform, making child pornography, lewd molestation, first-degree rape by instrumentation, engaging in child abuse and enabling child abuse in case involving a 5 year-old girl. Link
Richard Schertler, 41, of McAlester, charged with forcible sodomy and procuring, producing or distributing child pornography. Link
Hank Williams Deeds, of Garber, found not guilty of second-degree rape and furnishing alcohol to minor. Link
James Paul Willhite, 43, of Porter, found guilty of four counts of rape, lewd acts and indecent exposure in case involving two children, a 4-year-old and a 12-year-old. Link
Repeat sex offender Jamie John Cruz, 45, of Oklahoma City, sentenced to life without parole on two counts of lewd acts with a child. Link
Shelby Cale King, 18, an inmate at the Lloyd E. Rader Center charged with forcible sodomy of a 14-year-old inmate. Link
James Wilhite, convicted in Wagoner County on one count of first-degree rape, two counts lewd acts to a minor and indecent exposure. Jury recommends 100 years. Link
David Abston, 55, of Tulsa pleads guilty to child pornography charges in federal court in Tulsa. Link
Brian Keith Fuller, 45, of Haskell, charged with molesting his 5-year-old daughter. Link
Former Haskell, OK police officer Robert Samuel Wheeland, 54, convicted of molesting and raping a 15-year-old girl to whom he presented himself as a mentor and confidant. Link
Michael Leon Freeman, 52, of Enid, arraigned on two felony charges for allegedly trying to kidnap an 16-year-old girl and exposing himself. Link
Timothy Dwayne Mohler, 31, of Apache, sentenced to three concurrent life sentences after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a child; failure to register as a sex offender; and enticing or persuading a child under the age of 16 to a secluded place. link
Harlan Harris, 46, of Tulsa, charged in a child-pornography case committed suicide by hanging himself. Link
George Lopez, a former church bus driver in Blanchard faces two charges of indecent exposure. Link
Kenneth Dean Austin, 60, of Marlow, convicted of lewd molestation 11 years ago won a motion for a new trial on Feb. 16, because the alleged victim has now withdrawn her accusations against him. Link
Jared Matthews, 21, of Fort Gibson, pleaded guilty for failing to register as a sex offender. Suspended sentence will run concurrently with a previous convictions as a youthful offender for lewd molestation and sodomy. Link
Wesley Dale Vaughan, 47, of Talhequah, and a registered sex offender arrested on allegation of masturbating outside a local church on Sunday. Link
Michael Dean Helton, 48, of Oklahoma City, indicted on allegation of hiding a camera in a bathroom, where someone taped explicit video of an 11-year-old girl between September 2005 and November 2005. Link
Adam Duane Peters, 25, of the Mineral Springs, arrested in Sequoyah County on allegation of first-degree rape of a 14-year-old LeFlore County girl. Link
James Michael Labone, 53, of Sallisaw, gets two 10 year suspended sentences for lewd molestation and indencent exposure in case with 7-year-old female victim. Link
William Earl McKinley, 42, of Gore, charged with multiple felony counts in connection with an alleged rape and child sexual abuse. Link
A sex-abuse count was dismissed against Christopher Anthony Moss, 39, of Tulsa when 13-year-old alleged victim was not in court to testify at a scheduled preliminary hearing. Moss still faces child pornography counts. Link
Paul McKinstry, 52, of Wagoner County, recently charged with failing to register as a sex offender in Muskogee is suspected of abducting his 13-year-old daughter. Link and Follow Up Link
A judge in Prescott says Neil Rodreick, a 29-year-old sex offender from Oklahoma who posed as a boy while enrolling in several charter schools is competent to stand trial for numerous crimes. Link
Lawrence Stephen Karnowski, 22, of Edmond, faces 22 counts of child sexual abuse for allegedly fondling three young girls. Link
Gregory Lynn Bryant, 39, a former Pawnee city administrator, tried on a first-degree rape charge, but was convicted of the lesser offense of lewd molestation. Link
