MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carl Ray Smith, age 52, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Abusive Sexual Contact With A Child Under 12 Years, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1152, 2244(a)(5), 2244(c) and 2246(3), punishable by not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
The Indictment alleges that beginning on or about May 1, 2019 and continuing until on or about May 25, 2019, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, the defendant, Carl Ray Smith, a non-Indian, did knowingly engage in and cause sexual contact as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2246(3), with an Indian, R.D., a person under the age of 12 years old.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Henryetta Police Department, the Muscogee Creek Nation Lighthorse Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Honorable Kimberly E. West, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.
Assistant United States Attorney Sarah McAmis and Special Assistant United States Attorney Courtney Jordan represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
