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Eastern District of Oklahoma | Muskogee Resident Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography

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MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Troy Richard Jenkins, age 32, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

During the plea hearing held June 27, 2023, Jenkins admitted to knowingly possessing and accessing with the intent to view more than 600 visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of minors.  Some of the pornographic images depicted children under the age of 12.  Jenkins also admitted to distributing child pornography to others.

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.  For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.justice.gov/psc and click on the tab “Resources.”

The charges arose from an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  At the conclusion of the plea hearing, Jenkins was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending sentencing.

Assistant United States Attorney Anthony C. Marek represented the United States.
 

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Oklahoma delegation protests loss of federal family planning grant

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Family planning: The Oklahoma congressional delegation is protesting what it says was a U.S. Department of Human Services decision to rescind a $4.5 million family planning grant to the Oklahoma Department of Health because state law prohibits the agency from referring clients for abortions.

“Oklahomans rely on OSDH’s family planning program for Title X family planning services including cancer screenings, pregnancy prevention, STI diagnostics and treatment, breast exams, and depression screenings and referrals, among a multitude of other services,” says a letter signed by all seven members of Oklahoma’s delegation. “(The) decision to suspend OSDH’s award will severely limit Oklahoman’s access to these services.”

Historical: As an historian with a long career in politics, 4th District Congressman and House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole viewed last week’s debt limit and spending bill from a long-term perspective.

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“In a true negotiation, you always get less than you want and give up more than you’d like,” Cole said on Tuesday. “But with the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, it will responsibly lift the debt ceiling and avoid default that would devastate the American economy, and we will achieve real reductions in spending. … This is the most consequential spending reduction bill in more than a decade.”

Conspiracy theories: U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin has been telling conservative media outlets that President Joe Biden is only running for a second term to “protect his family” and that the FBI is covering up a bribery scandal involving Biden and his family.

“He knows that this is going to blow up in his face,” Mullin told Newsmax.

Mullin has insisted since before Biden’s election in 2020 that the president and his son Hunter Biden were involved in unethical and illegal dealings overseas. A recent Republican-led House…

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Kratos, Oklahoma Elected Officials Celebrate Completion of 100th MQM-178 Firejet High-Performance Jet Drone System at Oklahoma City Aircraft Manufacturing Facility

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SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets and an industry-leading provider of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems, joined by Oklahoma Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs John Nash, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Representative Tom Cole (R-OK-4), and Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK-5), today celebrated the 100th MQM-178 Firejet high-performance jet powered target drone aircraft produced at the Kratos Unmanned aircraft manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City.

Kratos MQM-178 Firejet on Launcher is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2e145536-3598-438a-95f7-ce0daec7d453

With primary customers including the United States Air Force, Navy, and Army, as well as foreign ally militaries, the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division opened this manufacturing facility in November 2018 to accommodate the existing and increasing demand for its newest line of high performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial tactical drone and target drone systems.

Today, the Kratos Unmanned Oklahoma City aircraft manufacturing facility is fully operational with two major drone aircraft systems in rate production, plus prototype production of a third system. The Kratos Unmanned Oklahoma City aircraft manufacturing facility is home to the MQM-178 Firejet, which first rolled off the production line in Oklahoma in April 2019 and is produced in high quantities monthly/annually today, in both a target and tactical system configuration. The XQ-58A Valkyrie, a high-performance tactical UAV capable of long-range flights at high-subsonic speeds, currently under contract with multiple Department of Defense customers, is also produced at the Kratos Oklahoma manufacturing facility. Kratos is also in prototype production of an additional, high performance tactical drone system at the Oklahoma facility.

Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie Ready for Flight is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/86419ba2-a560-4328-8b8b-b2087abe3c18

Including production at the Oklahoma City facility, Kratos today manufactures approximately 150…

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Oklahoma parents are warned about ransomware attack in Norman

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The FBI issued advice for Norman Public Schools parents after new details emerged about a ransomware attack on the district. Norman schools put out a letter Thursday detailing a ransomware attack last month. The district said someone gained access to their systems and could have seen sensitive information. “Most likely, the cause is some type of a phishing email that contains either a malicious link or an attachment from an untrusted source that unfortunately people fall victim to all the time,” said Kayla McCleery with FBI OKC.The FBI said these cases are good reminders to stay safe online — specifically when kids are involved. “Just having those conversations with them and educating them on the risks,” said McCleery, “And also the importance of being vigilant and monitoring their activity online.”Norman schools said they were unaware of anyone’s information being misused after the attack, but whoever launched it could have seen students’ social security numbers. Since the attack, the district has limited the use of some technology. Teachers now have to find new ways to do things they once would have done with technology, Norman parents said. The district is reviewing its policies and procedures, adding safeguards, giving staff a dedicated call center for questions and offering a year of identity theft protection.

NORMAN, Okla. —

The FBI issued advice for Norman Public Schools parents after new details emerged about a ransomware attack on the district.

Norman schools put out a letter Thursday detailing a ransomware attack last month. The district said someone gained access to their systems and could have seen sensitive information.

“Most likely, the cause is some type of a phishing email that contains either a malicious link or an attachment from an untrusted source that unfortunately people fall victim to all the time,” said Kayla McCleery with FBI OKC.

The FBI said these cases are good reminders to stay safe online — specifically when kids are involved.

“Just having those conversations with them and educating them on the risks,” said McCleery, “And also the importance of being vigilant and monitoring their activity online.”

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