Henryetta Resident Sentenced To Thirty-Five Years For Aggravated Sexual Abuse In Indian Country

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that Sean Paul Baker, age 31, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to thirty-five years imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after being found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.

During the trial, the United States presented evidence that beginning in February of 2015 and continuing until December of 2021, Sean Paul Baker engaged in sexual acts with a minor victim, who had not reached 10 years of age.  The crimes occurred in Okmulgee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The guilty verdicts were the result of an investigation by the Muscogee Creek Nation Lighthorse Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.  Baker was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Assistant United States Attorneys Caila M. Cleary and Nicole Paladino represented the United States.