Registered Sex Offender from Shawnee Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography

OKLAHOMA CITY –  Today, BRUCE JACKSON MOORE, 47, of Shawnee, was sentenced to serve 40 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

“The evil cruelty exhibited by this defendant against innocent three-year-old children is shocking,” said U.S. Attorney Troester.  “While we are pleased with the 40-year sentence imposed by the Court to hold Moore accountable, there is nothing that can undo the irrevocable damage he has done to the vulnerable child victims. I commend Homeland Security Investigations, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, and the prosecutors in my office for their detailed and aggressive work on this important case.”

“This defendant repeatedly preyed on innocent children without regard for the life-long pain his actions would cause.“ said Robert Melton, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the HSI Dallas - Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle Division. "HSI will never relent in our commitment to protecting our society's most vulnerable citizens."

According to court records, Moore produced images of himself engaging in sexual acts with a three-year-old child around 2021 to 2022 and distributed them via social media direct messaging.  On May 4, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Moore. Count 1 charged him with sexual exploitation of a child, and Count 2 charged him with commission of a felony offense involving a minor as a registered sex offender.

On January 10, 2023, Moore pleaded guilty to Count 1 before United States District Judge Joe Heaton.  According to that count, between February 2021, and February 2022, Moore used a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct.

As part of his plea agreement, Moore admitted to taking part in sexually explicit conduct with a child, in order to get a photograph to send through social media.

In announcing the sentence today, Judge Heaton took into consideration Moore’s prior conviction for sexually abusing a different two-to-three-year-old child, his failure to register as a sex offender, the vulnerable age of his current victim, and his distribution of the child pornography images he produced.  In sentencing Moore, Judge Heaton noted that Moore’s conduct was “the most serious type of criminal activity that our system has to address.”  After serving 40 years in prison, Moore will be supervised by the United States Probation Office for the rest of his life.

This case is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brandon Hale and Corbin Houston.

This case is also part of Project Safe Childhood. Project Safe Childhood is the Department of Justice initiative launched in 2006 to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.

Reference is made to public filings for more information.