Clayton Resident Sentenced For Sexually Abusing A Child

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kevin Stuart Pollard III, age 23, of Clayton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.  Pollard was also sentenced to 24 months in prison each for two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country.  All sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

The charges arose from investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office.

On August 10, 2022, Pollard pleaded guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian County and two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country.  At the hearing, Pollard pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor under the age of 16 years old.  Pollard also pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual contact through the clothing of the minor in 2019.  The crimes occurred within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The Honorable Scott D. Palk, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, sitting by appointment, presided over the hearings in Oklahoma City. Pollard will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non paroleable sentence of incarceration.

Special Assistant United States Attorney Genevieve Ozark represented the United States.