U.S. Department of Justice
Sheldon J. (Shelly) Sperling
Sheldon.Sperling@usdoj.gov

United States Attorney

Eastern District of Oklahoma

For Release: November 20, 2008
For Further Information Contact: Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney or Gregory Dean Burris, Assistant United States Attorney

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ROBERT CHARLES HOGAN, age 62, of McCloud, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for the charge of Use of Interstate Facility to Attempt to Persuade, Induce, Entice or Coerce a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C., Section 2422(b).

"Charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department and the Vian Police Department," stated U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling. "In March 2008, HOGAN used a cell phone to attempt to entice a minor child under the age of twelve to take a nude photograph of herself and send it to him by cell phone."

"Investigators determined that the defendant engaged in sexually explicit conversations with an 11 year old girl," U.S. Attorney Sperling noted. "The defendant had befriended the child after her adopted father had passed away. The defendant gave her gifts, including a cell phone. In addition to asking the victim to take photographs, the defendant also attempted to entice the child to meet him."

"The Honorable James H. Payne, Chief Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today's hearing. HOGAN will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service."

"Assistant United States Attorney Chris Wilson represented the United States."