Muskogee, OK criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with one count of Transportation of a Minor, four counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor, one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

Howe Residents Sentenced To Life In Prison For Crimes Relating To Sexual Abuse Of A Child

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Armondo Joseph Palma, age 23, and Brooklyn Elaine Wilson, age 28, of Howe, Oklahoma, were sentenced in federal district court for sexually abusing a child under the age of 12.



Palma was sentenced to life in prison for one count of Transportation of a Minor.



The charges arose from an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations-Tornado Alley Child Exploitation and Trafficking Task Force, the District 16 Drugs and Violent Crime Task Force, the LeFlore County Sheriff's Office, the Rogers County Sheriff's Office, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Carl Albert State College Campus Police.



On November 12, 2024, Palma and Wilson pleaded guilty to the charges. According to investigators, law enforcement became aware that Palma was sending images of a child being sexually assaulted to another person over the internet. The ensuing investigation revealed that between November 2023 and March 2024, Wilson and Palma sexually abused a child under the age of 12, often recording or photographing their abuse. On more than one occasion, Wilson and Palma transported the child across state lines, where the abuse continued. During the course of the investigation, law enforcement also seized electronic images from the defendants' cell phones depicting the sexual abuse and the sexual exploitation of additional children.



The crimes occurred primarily in LeFlore County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.



"These defendants routinely abused an innocent child, showing a complete lack of concern for the life-altering physical and emotional damage their sexually exploitative behavior would inflict,” said Travis Pickard, Special Agent in Charge for HSI North Texas and Oklahoma. "The lengthy healing journey for this child's unwarranted trauma can now begin with these child predators incarcerated for the rest of their lives.”



"The sexual abuse the defendants perpetrated on the victim is sickening, and a prison cell is where they deserve to spend the remainder of their days,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. "Seeking justice for victims is a priority of the Department, and I commend the exceptional investigative work of HSI's Tornado Alley Child Exploitation and Trafficking Task Force and the other law enforcement agencies that assisted in this case.”



This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.



We encourage anyone who suspects or has information regarding child sexual exploitation, trafficking of minors, sextortion, child pornography, or any other means of child exploitation to immediately contact law enforcement. You can file a report through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) at 1-800-843-5678 or online at www.cybertipline.com, through the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or through Homeland Security Investigations at 1-877-4-HSI TIP.



The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearings. Palma and Wilson will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.



Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah McAmis represented the United States at the sentencing hearings.

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