Tulsa Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography

A Tulsa man was sentenced Thursday in federal court for attempting to entice an individual he believed was a 14-year-old child and for possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

Chief U.S. District Judge John F. Heil III sentenced Bradley Scott Pickens, 45, to 151 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography in Indian Country and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

Pickens admitted in his plea agreement to knowingly possessing and accessing child sexual abuse material. Some of the depictions also included children under 12 years old. He further admitted to using his cell phone and other electronic means to attempt to persuade and entice an individual he believed to be a minor to engage in sexual activity from Nov. 5, 2019, to Nov. 28, 2019. Pickens was actually communicating with an undercover officer.

Law enforcement was first made aware of Pickens after an individual reported that she had discovered possible child pornography on Pickens’ cell phone. Authorities launched an investigation and obtained an Oklahoma search warrant for the phone. A forensic examination of the phone showed that Pickens took part in several conversations with individuals claiming to be minors. In those conversations, he encouraged one victim to engage in a sex act with her father.

As the investigation continued, an undercover officer with the Bristow Police Department posed as a minor female online, and the two eventually made contact. The undercover officer stated that he was a 14-year-old girl in those conversations. Pickens claimed that he had previously had sex with several 16-year-olds. Eventually Pickens proposed the two meet for a sexual encounter.

When Pickens arrived at the predetermined location, he was taken into custody. Law enforcement later searched a motel room and located condoms, a laptop, a cell phone and other items tying him to the crime.

The Broken Arrow and Bristow Police Departments and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Nassar prosecuted the case.