Tishomingo Resident Sentenced For Sexually Abusing A Child

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dustin Kane Adams, age 43, of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 264 months in prison for abusive sexual contact of a minor in Indian country.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On September 13, 2022, Adams pleaded guilty to one count of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country.  At the plea hearing, Adams pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor under the age of 12 years old.  The crimes occurred in Johnston County, within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearings in Muskogee.  Adams will remain in 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.

Special Assistant United States Attorney Debra L. Barnett represented the United States.