Bradley Andrew Friend, Child Enticement, Oklahoma, 2025

Oologah Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years for Coercing Minor into Explicit Conduct

A 40-year-old Oologah man was sentenced to 200 months imprisonment for coercing a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge Terence C. Kern ordered Bradley Andrew Friend, also known as Bradley Andrew Schutt, to serve 200 months imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Upon his release, Friend will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Court records show that in December 2024, Friend was engaging with an undercover agent online. Friend discussed extremely graphic conversations about family incest with the agent, believing the undercover agent was an adult man with minor children. Homeland Security Agents found that Friend lived in Oologah.

After agreeing to talk with agents, Friend confessed to possessing child pornography and allowed agents to search his cellphone. Agents found the messages and images sent to the undercover agent. They further discovered that from September 2023 through July 2024, Friend knowingly engaged in messaging with a 16-year-old and enticed the minor victim to produce and share sexually explicit photos.

Friend then sent the 16-year-old sexually explicit pictures of himself. Additionally, Friend admitted to possessing, receiving, and distributing more than 600 images of minor children, some younger than 12, who were engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The case was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Todd. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006.