A North Texas man has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing sexually explicit images of two children in Fort Worth. The sentencing was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson.
Scott Wayne O’Toole, 60, admitted guilt in April 2025 to two counts of sexual exploitation of children following an investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On August 28, 2025, Chief U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor sentenced O’Toole to 360 months per count, totaling 720 months.
Authorities began investigating O’Toole in December 2024 after police in Alaska discovered a USB drive containing child sexual abuse material at a hotel where he stayed during a temporary duty assignment as a school bus driver.
The investigation involved cooperation among the FBI, Fairbanks Police Department in Alaska, Texas Department of Public Safety, and prosecutors from the District of Alaska and both the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.
The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to address child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project brings together federal, state, and local agencies to locate offenders who exploit children and identify victims. More details about Project Safe Childhood are available on the official website: http://www.justice.gov/psc.
"Scott Wayne O’Toole, 60, pleaded guilty in April 2025 to two counts of sexual exploitation of children following an investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On August 28, 2025, O’Toole was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 360 months per count, for a total of 720 months."
"This case involved the coordinated efforts of the FBI, the Fairbanks, Alaska Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the District of Alaska, and the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas."
"The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative, which was launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals, who sexually exploit children, and identify and rescue victims."
"For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”"
