SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER ENTICING MINOR’S ONLINE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 25, 2019
ADAIR COUNTY, Okla. - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has arrested 31-year-old Jakoma Sanders for multiple charges involving exploitation of a minor.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received several cybertips reporting Sanders posing as a teenage boy online and asking multiple juvenile girls across the country to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves. Because Sanders was living in Oklahoma, NCMEC forwarded the tips to the OSBI Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit. During the investigation, agents discovered one of the juvenile girls was also living in Oklahoma.
Sanders was arrested at his residence in Westville, Okla., without incident. He was transported to the Adair County Jail where he is being held without bond on the following charges:
Count 1 – Soliciting Sexual Conduct or Communication with
Minor by Use of Technology
Count 2 – Obscene Material – Procuring
Count 3 – Solicit Minor for Indecent Exposure / Obscene Material
Count 4 – Showing Indecent Material to Minor
Count 5 – Child Sexual Exploitation
Count 6 – Computer Fraud / Unlawful Use of Computer System
Sanders was in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest and will face an additional charge of Possession of a Firearm after a Felony Conviction. Sanders was a registered sex offender after a 2015 conviction for Soliciting Sexual Conduct or Communication with Minor by Use of Technology.
This investigation was conducted by Oklahoma ICAC Task Force members from the OSBI and Muskogee Police Department; the Cherokee Nation Marshals assisted during his arrest.
Please report any suspected child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at (800) THE-LOST or www.cybertiponline.com or the OSBI at (800) 522-8017 or [email protected].
A picture of Sanders taken at the time of his arrest is attached.
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Address/Location
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
6600 Harvey Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 405-879-2591