Dylan Hansen Yazzie, Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Oklahoma 2025

A 29-year-old Broken Bow resident has been sentenced to 180 months in prison for his role in the sexual exploitation of a child.

Dylan Hansen Yazzie was sentenced by the Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, on February 13, 2025.

The charge against Yazzie arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Broken Bow Police Department, which found that between July of 2023 and September of 2023, Yazzie coerced or induced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction to transmit in interstate or foreign commerce.

The crime occurred in McCurtain County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Yazzie pleaded guilty to the charge of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Yazzie will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah McAmis represented the United States in the case.

Those with information regarding child sexual exploitation are encouraged to contact law enforcement. Reports can be filed through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) at 1-800-843-5678 or online at www.cybertipline.com, through the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or through Homeland Security Investigations at 1-877-4-HSI TIP.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/broken-bow-resident-sentenced-sexual-exploitation-child