For The Record – June 2007
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Joe Arthur Sims, 43, of Tulsa, whose molestation case was dismissed in 2002 because of his mental retardation, arrested in internet sex sting for indecent proposals to what he thought a 13-year-old girl. Link
James Dale Luker, 18, of Blair, OK sentenced to eight years in the state Department of Corrections for the sexual abuse of a 5-year-old Altus girl. Link
Jeremy Grant Keeling, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography. Link 1 and Link 2
Elijah L. Woods, 27, of Porum, OK, charged with two counts of lewd molestation of a 13-year-old girl. Link
Michael Dean Helton, 48, of Oklahoma City, convicted in federal court for producing child pornography by filming an 11-year-old girl with a camera hidden in his bathroom. Link
Acea Pickens, 28, a former Ardmore teacher and coach, convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in re-trial in case where he previously pleaded guilty. Link 1 and Link 2
Charles Barry Shaffer, 45, a former Tahlequah minister caught up in sex stings pleads guilty to using an interactive computer service to transmit an obscene and lewd picture. Link
Kenneth Ray Holland, 31, of Muskogee, bound over for two trials in connection with the alleged rapes and other sexual crimes against two girls, ages 9 and 10. Link
Greg Peacock, 36, charged in Mayes County with lewd molestation for inappropriate sexual actions involving a 15-year-old girl. Link
Stephen D. Shorey, 40, a former minister at the Kiefer Assembly of God Church scheduled to appear in court for a hearing in connection with child sexual abuse charges. Link 1 and Link 2
Shroma Hollywood Lang, 56, of Midwest City, convicted in federal court of failing to register as sex offender. Link
Lynn Lewallen, a science teacher and former coach at Norman North High School, in Norman charged with sodomy and rape by instrumentation of a 16-year-old female student has been released on her own recognizance. Link 1 , Link 2 and Link 3
Henry Hickman, 36, Ada, arrested on the suspicion of lewd molestation of a 12-year-old girl. Link
John M. Robinson Jr., 57, of Muskogee, appears in court after being charged in connection with the alleged molestation of a girl younger than 16. Link
Matthew Glen Durant, 20, of Krebbs, OK, accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl outside of a McAlester church remains jailed in lieu of $112,500 bond. Link
Raymond Leon Newman, 55, of Tulsa, convicted of molesting a teenage girl can be released on $1 million bond while he appeals the conviction. Link 1 and Link 2
Jerry Lynn Martin, 44, OF Tulsa, with a previous indecent-exposure conviction has received a split 15-year sentence on a charge of exposing himself via an Internet webcam. Link
Erwin Swender, of Norman, sentenced to 20 years for molesting a 15-year-old boy in a Norman foster home. Link 1 , Link 2 and Link 3
Jimmie Cagle, 42, of Muskogee, accused of molesting an elementary- age girl was cut short after he initiated plea negotiations midway through the hearing. Link
Jennifer Brumfield, 26, of Muskogee, faces preliminary hearing on one count of second-degree rape and one count of using technology to facilitate sexual conduct with a minor. Link
Garlon J. Taylor, 15, of Enid, charged with two counts of felony lewd molestation and a felony count of second-degree rape of two boys ages 7 and 10-years-old. Link
Kent L. Faulkner, 43, of Okemah, charged with two counts of first-degree rape, one count of rape by instrumentation and one count of child sexual abuse of 12-year-old girl he was adopting. Link
Benjamin Michael Work, 30, of Noble, charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl. Link
Rontori Wesley Jones, 28, of Bartlesville, held on $350,000 bond after his arrest for the alleged child sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl. Link
Kenneth Melton, 33, of Locust Grove, charged with three counts of child sexual abuse of three girls, ages 2, 4 and 5. Link
William Howard O’Brien, Jr., 32, arrested in Mayes County for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl. Link
