Martin Ray Melton, Failure to Register as Sex Offender, Oklahoma 2025

A 60-year-old McAlester man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Oklahoma.

Martin Ray Melton, of McAlester, was sentenced on April 15, 2025, by the Honorable Timothy M. Reif, U.S. Judge in the United States Court of International Trade, who was sitting by assignment in the District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

According to investigators, Melton, who was convicted of 31 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Child by the State of Oklahoma in Oklahoma County on January 31, 2006, failed to register and update his registration from September 11, 2023, until April 15, 2025, despite entering, leaving, or residing in Indian country, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The U.S. Marshals Service Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force led the investigation into Melton’s failure to register.

Melton 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 Emily Wittlinger represented the United States in the case.

On August 11, 2025, Melton pleaded guilty to the charge of Failure to Register as Sex Offender.

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