Rose Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a 2-Year-Old Toddler and Filming the Abuse

A man from Rose was sentenced Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour sentenced Billy Scott McDonald, 48, to 30 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervision upon release. On November 30th, 2022, McDonald plead guilty to Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country, Production of Child Pornography, and Possession of or Access with Intent to View Child Pornography.

"Billy Scott McDonald not only engaged in sexual acts with a toddler. He also photographed the sexual acts resulting in the producing and possessing child pornography charges,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “Federal prosecutors and our law enforcement partners will do everything in our power to protect minors from sexual exploitation and bring to justice those who have harmed them.”

“This individual preyed on the innocence and vulnerability of a child to fulfill his demented desires,” said Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas Special Agent in Charge Lester R. Hayes Jr. “Thanks to the outstanding teamwork of HSI Tulsa, the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma, he will spend the next 50 years behind bars where he will no longer be able to take advantage of our children.”

According to court documents, Billy Scott McDonald engaged in oral sex with a 2-year-old toddler in 2022. The disturbing images and video of McDonald sexually abusing the toddler were discovered by a family member on McDonald’s phone. The family member reported the images and video to Mayes County Sheriff’s Office. The toddler is a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the crimes occurred in the Cherokee Nation.

During a post-Miranda interview with Homeland Security Investigation Agents, McDonald admitted that he had “sexual thoughts about children for a very long time” and often tried to “keep himself away from children to avoid getting in trouble.” That while he watched the toddler for a neighbor, he photographed and videoed himself engaging in sexual abuse with the toddler.

McDonald will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Valeria Luster prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ 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 https://www.justice.gov/psc.