U.S. Department of Justice Sheldon J. (Shelly) Sperling Sheldon.Sperling@usdoj.gov United States Attorney Eastern District of Oklahoma (918)684-5100 NEWS RELEASE

For Release: March 26, 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 DARRIN TED GILBERT, age 38, of Sulphur,Oklahoma, was sentenced for the crime of Production of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a).

“GILBERT was sentenced to 224 months imprisonment, 60 months supervised release and ordered to pay a Special Assessment of $100.00,” stated U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling.

“The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Sulphur Police Department. The defendant had a nine year old child pose nude in various sexually explicit poses for the purpose of taking photographs. The offense occurred during a period between December 1, 2006, and May 1, 2007, in Murray County,” stated U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling. “GILBERT pled guilty on October 16, 2007.”

“GILBERT was indicted in federal court for production of child pornography as part of the United States Department of Justice Project Safe Childhood initiative to crack down on those who exploit and victimize children by means of the internet or other electronic media. GILBERT admitted he used a digital camera which had been manufactured outside the State of Oklahoma to produce the pornographic images,” explained U.S. Attorney Sperling.

“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.”

“As a parent, I would hope that most people would, as a matter of basic decency, not so despicably offend little children,” U.S. Attorney Sperling noted. “As a prosecutor, I hope the serious punishment – a long prison term without parole – would give some pause even to those so depraved.”

“Assistant United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson represented the government.”