A federal jury has found a Henryetta man guilty of child sexual abuse following a trial this week in Muskogee.
A federal jury has found a Henryetta man guilty of child sexual abuse following a trial this week in Muskogee.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced Wednesday that Sean Paul Baker, 30, was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country. The jury trial began on March 6 and concluded on March 8.
During the trial, the United States presented evidence that, for a 6-year period, Baker repeatedly engaged in sexual acts with a child under the age of 12.
The guilty verdicts were the result of an investigation by the Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Tribal Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma prosecuted the case because the defendant in this case is a member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe and the crimes occurred in Okmulgee County, within the boundaries of the Muscogee Nation Reservation and within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in Muskogee, presided over the trial and ordered the completion of a pre-sentence report. Sentencing will be scheduled following completion of the report. Baker was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending the imposition of sentencing.
Assistant United States Attorneys Caila M. Cleary and Nicole Paladino represented the United States.
