Broken Arrow Resident Sentenced For Child Sexual Exploitation Materials

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Cory Bycroft, age 41, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced for the production and possession of child sexual exploitation materials. Jason Bycroft was sentenced to 292 months in prison for two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction and 240 months for two counts of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.  The sentences on each count were ordered to run concurrently.

The charges arose from investigations by the Broken Arrow Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On April 19, 2022, Jason Bycroft pleaded guilty to the offenses.  According to investigators, in July 2015 and in September 2017, Bycroft created videos of the exposed genitalia of children under the age of ten at a public swimming area.  One of the depictions was created with the assistance of Heather Bycroft, the defendant’s wife and co-defendant.  Heather Bycroft was found guilty by a federal jury on April 26, 2022, of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction and Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, and is awaiting a formal sentencing hearing.

“The sentencing handed down today effectively ends Mr. Bycroft’s ability to exploit and endanger children for many years to come,” said FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Edward J. Gray.  “The FBI’s commitment to combatting this threat will never waver, and we will continue working with our partners in law enforcement to send the message that crimes against children will not be tolerated.”

“The heinousness of this crime cannot be overstated.  The defendant engaged in brazen predatory behavior,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson.  “This office stands committed to prosecuting those who engage in child sexual exploitation and betray the public trust.”

The Honorable Timothy D. DeGiusti, U.S. Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, sitting by assignment, presided over the hearings in Oklahoma City.  Bycroft was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorney Morgan Muzljakovich represented the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.  Led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.