Jeffery Scott Pinkston, Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Oklahoma 2024

Hugo Resident Sentenced for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – Jeffery Scott Pinkston, age 40, of Hugo, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

On November 14, 2024, Pinkston pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, from November 2022 until June 2024, Pinkston knowingly possessed visual depictions of a minor under the age of 12 engaged in sexually explicit conduct, which Pinkston accessed intending to view.

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

Pinkston 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 Jessie K. Pippin represented the United States.

We encourage anyone who suspects or has information regarding child sexual exploitation, trafficking of minors, sextortion, child pornography, or any other means of child exploitation to immediately contact law enforcement. You can file a report 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/hugo-resident-sentenced-possessing-child-sexual-abuse-material