Source: U.S. Justice Department
A Broken Arrow man was sentenced Friday in federal court for sexually abusing two children under the age of 12.
Jeffrey Jones will serve the remainder of his life in federal prison for abusing two young children.
“I am thankful for the work of the FBI and Broken Arrow Police Department that ensured this defendant was held accountable for his crimes,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our local, state, tribal and federal law enforcement partners will bring the full weight of the law against sexual predators for the harm they inflict on children.”
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U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Jeffrey Arch Jones, 31, to serve three concurrent life terms in prison.
In June 2021, a federal jury found Jones guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child in Indian Country and one count of abusive sexual contact of a child in Indian Country.
Jones, a Cherokee citizen, was previously convicted of sexually abusing the two victims in Tulsa County District Court but appealed his conviction, arguing the state did not have jurisdiction to prosecute the case because the crime occurred within the Muscogee Nation Reservation and he was a tribal citizen. The case was then prosecuted in federal court.
From Sept. 29, 2015 to Sept 28, 2016, prosecutors say Jones sexually abused a young child. He also sexually abused a second child from Oct. 9, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2016. On Feb. 2, 2017, one of the victims disclosed to a teacher that the defendant had been touching her in a sexual manner.
School officials contacted the Broken Arrow Police Department. During the ensuing investigation, it was determined the second child was also sexually abused by Jones.
The FBI and Broken Arrow Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Reagan V. Reininger and Leah Paisner prosecuted the case.
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