Haskell County Resident Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Certain Material Involving The Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Andrew Scott Lucas, age 39, of Keota, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that beginning on November 15, 2023, and continuing until October 11, 2024, Lucas knowingly possessed and accessed with intent to view one or more matters containing visual depictions of one or more minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including the visual depictions of prepubescent minors and minors who had not attained the age of twelve.

The charge arose from an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the Oklahoma City Police Department.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Lucas will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sarah McAmis, Morgan Muzljakovich, and Richard J. Lorenz represented the United States.