U.S. District Judge John D. Russell sentenced Justin Ray Walters, 49, for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography. Judge Russell ordered Walters to be sentenced to 300 months of imprisonment, followed by ten years of supervised release. Upon his release, Walters will also be required to register as a sex offender.
According to court documents from November 2022 through April 2023, Walters professed his love and engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a child victim he knew was under 16 years old. Walters pressured the child victim to produce and share sexually explicit conduct.
Additionally, Walters possessed more than 600 images that depicted the sexual abuse of children. Several of the images showed the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12.
Walters will remain in custody pending transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
Homeland Security Investigations and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Todd prosecuted the case.
If you believe sexually explicit photos or videos of you were posted online, Take It Down can help. Take It Down is a free online website hosted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. You can anonymously request help to remove or stop the sharing of sexually explicit content.
Take It Down also provides services for victims, survivors, siblings and caregivers looking for mental health and peer support. Further, if you are being threatened by image sharing or other forms of online exploitation, you can submit a report online.
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