Robert Lee Catron, Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country, Oklahoma 2024

A Westville, Oklahoma couple, Robert Lee Catron and Jenny Marie Locust, have been sentenced for their roles in heinous crimes against minors in Indian country.

Catron, 36, was sentenced on June 11, 2024, to 30 years in prison for one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country. Investigators revealed that between 2020 and 2022, Catron sexually assaulted a child he knew to be under the age of 12.

Locust, 39, was sentenced on June 4, 2024, to 10 years in prison for one count of Enticement and Coercion of a Minor. According to investigators, between 2021 and 2022, Locust used her cell phone to entice and coerce a child under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity with her boyfriend, Robert Lee Catron.

The crimes occurred in Adair County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Catron and Locust will be required to register and comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act upon release.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Westville Police Department.

Catron and Locust will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve their non-paroleable sentences of incarceration.