U.S. Department of Justice Sheldon J. (Shelly) Sperling Sheldon.Sperling@usdoj.gov United States Attorney Eastern District of Oklahoma (918)684-5100 “The federal sentencing hammer dropped today. Despicable offenses against defenseless children are disturbing to the point of revulsion. More than twenty years without parole speaks a unique and powerful message: don’t offend one of these little ones.” – U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling NEWS RELEASE

For Release: March 25, 2008

For Further Information Contact: Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney or Christopher J. Wilson, Assistant United States Attorney

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that STACIE MICHELLE WILSON, age 27, of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, was sentenced for Production of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Sections 2251(a) and 2.

“The Ada Police Department, Pontotoc County District Attorney Chris Ross, and The Federal Bureau of Investigation cooperated in this successful state and federal investigation,” stated U.S. Attorney Sperling. “WILSON was sentenced to 274 months in prison, 60 months supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. Judge White further ordered that this sentence run concurrent with WILSON’s Pontotoc County conviction for lewd molestation, engaging in child sexual abuse and enabling child sexual abuse,” stated U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling.

“Charges arose from an investigation by the Ada Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. WILSON posed with a minor child in sexually explicit poses for the purpose of producing child pornography in February, 2007, in Pontotoc County,” noted U.S. Attorney Sperling. “WILSON pled guilty to the charge on October 9, 2007.”

“WILSON was convicted in the District Court of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma in August, 2007 of lewd molestation,” reported U.S. Attorney Sperling. She was then indicted in federal court for production of child pornography. This prosecution is a part of the United States Department of Justice Project Safe Childhood initiative.

Project Safe Childhood involves a crack down on those who exploit and victimize children,” explained U.S. Attorney Sperling. Our focus is on predators who exploit children by means of the internet or other electronic media.” “WILSON admitted using a digital camera, which had been manufactured outside the State of Oklahoma, to produce the pornographic images.”

“The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today’s sentencing. Judge White ordered the defendant remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal Service to begin serving her sentence.”

“Assistant United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson represented the government in federal court,” U.S. Attorney Sperling noted. Assistant United States Attorney Wilson and District Attorney Chris Ross attended a national Project Safe Childhood seminar in St. Louis last December. This prosecution is a tribute to the teamwork of two remarkably talented prosecutors.”

“Co-defendant Christopher Dale Long is awaiting sentencing.”