Clinton J. Johnson U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma
A man from Salina, Oklahoma, has been sentenced for possessing child pornography and ammunition as a convicted felon. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced that Michael Allen Dean, 40, received a sentence of 120 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release. Upon his release, Dean will be required to register as a sex offender and pay $45,000 in restitution to victims identified in the material he possessed.
According to court documents, the case began when a social media platform reported the upload of child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in May 2023. The investigation linked the account’s IP address and phone number to Dean. Authorities obtained search warrants for his home and cellphone based on this information.
During their search, agents found several rounds of ammunition at Dean’s residence. Examination of his cellphone revealed more than 424 videos and 213 images depicting minor children engaged in sexually explicit acts. Some of these materials involved children under the age of twelve, including toddlers and infants.
Dean had previously been convicted in state court for possessing child pornography in 2011. He was given a ten-year suspended sentence at that time and served sixty days in jail.
U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill presided over the sentencing hearing.
The NCMEC serves as a centralized reporting system for suspected child sexual exploitation cases across the country. The organization reports that its CyberTipline has received over 195 million reports related to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), with its Child Victim Identification Program reviewing more than 425 million images and videos and identifying over 30,000 victims nationwide through its efforts (https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline).
Dean will remain in custody until he is transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
Multiple agencies assisted with this investigation, including Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office, and the Cherokee National Marshal Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Wright prosecuted the case.
The prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood—a national initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006—to combat child sexual exploitation using federal, state, and local resources (https://www.justice.gov/psc).
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