A former government contractor in Oklahoma was sentenced to 27 months in prison for a child pornography offense, announced officials.
Keith Strimple, 58, of Tulsa, Okla., pleaded guilty in January 2012 before Chief U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell in the Northern District of Oklahoma to one count of attempted possession of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Strimple worked as an employee of a government contractor between April and September 2007 at a U.S. military facility at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. During that time, he admitted to downloading videos of minors that he believed to be as young as 12 years old engaging in sexually explicit conduct using the contractor’s computer system.
The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) gives U.S. courts jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed outside the United States by, among others, employees of a government contractor whose work supports a military mission.
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.
The case was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section’s High Tech Investigations Unit, with assistance from the FBI in Tulsa.
The case was prosecuted by CEOS Trial Attorney Keith Becker and Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Cyran of the Northern District of Oklahoma. Strimple was sentenced to 27 months in prison followed by seven years of supervised release.
The case highlights the ongoing efforts of law enforcement agencies to combat child exploitation and abuse.
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Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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