By John Dobberstein, Editor
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jordan Francis Toyne, 36, of Broken Arrow, was found guilty by a federal jury of three counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.
The verdict came after two days of testimony. During the trial, the federal prosecutors presented evidence that Toyne sexually assaulted a minor over a period of time beginning in the summer of 2020 until 2023, when the victim reached 16 years of age. The feds also presented evidence that Toyne sexually abused another minor in 2021.
At the time of the assaults, Toyne served as an investigator with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit.
Toyne resigned from his post prior to the completion of an internal investigation conducted by the OSBI. The victims were unrelated to Toyne’s official duties with the OSBI. However, the U.S. presented evidence Toyne used his specialized knowledge as a child crimes Investigator to groom the victims and evade detection of his crimes.
The guilty verdicts were the result of an investigation by the FBI and Owasso Police Department, together with cooperation and special assistance from OSBI.
The defendant was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshals pending sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicole Paladino and Emily Wittlinger represented the United States.
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