Tulsa Man Sentenced

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Cameron David Joshua Cox, a 26-year-old Tulsa man, has been sentenced for his role in receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material. The case began when the Tulsa Police Department received three cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, indicating that Cox had uploaded child sexual abuse material using multiple accounts on the social media application Kik. The investigation led officers to Cox’s home, where they served a search warrant and seized several electronic devices. Cox admitted to using Kik to receive and distribute the material, and further admitted to viewing child sexual abuse material of newborns up to fourteen years old.

Images and videos recovered by law enforcement were sent to the NCMEC’s Child Victim Identification Program, which identified at least five known victims. Victim impact statements were provided to the court, and the restitution paid by Cox will go directly to the victims who requested it. Cox worked at a children’s museum in Tulsa at the time of the investigation, adding a disturbing layer to the case.

Cox was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender and pay $3,000 in restitution. The case was investigated by the Tulsa Police Department and the FBI, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephanie Ihler and Christopher J. Nassar.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project marshals federal, state, local, and tribal resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who engage in this type of activity.