Pocola Resident Pleads Guilty To Abusive Sexual Contact In Indian Country

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Patrick Timothy Kelley, age 46, of Pocola, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information charging him with one count of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, punishable by up to life in prison.

According to investigators, Kelley engaged in sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 years old.  The crime occurred in Le Flore County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the District 16 Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.

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.  Kelley was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Anthony C. Marek represented the United States.