Owasso Man Sentenced for Receiving, Possessing, and Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material

TULSA, Okla. - An Owasso man was sentenced today for receiving, possessing, and distributing videos of children being sexually abused, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Corey Michael John, 25, for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography in Indian Country. John was ordered to serve 121 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Further, John was ordered to pay $24,000 in restitution. Upon release, John will be required to register as a sex offender.

In 2025, an agent with the Homeland Security Investigations Detroit office was on the social media application Kik, in an undercover capacity. The agent was in several groups that were discussing the sexual exploitation of minor children. Court documents show that the agent received a private message requesting to trade child sexual abuse material. The user, later identified as John, sent the undercover agent 10 videos that showed minor children being sexually abused.

Agents obtained a search warrant to locate John and discovered that he lived in Owasso, Oklahoma. Agents served a search warrant at his home and seized his electronic devices. When agents interviewed John, he initially denied ever looking at child sexual abuse material. However, agents showed John the videos he possessed on his cellphone. He then admitted to talking with others online about child sexual abuse material, downloading it, and viewing it. Court documents show that John admitted to creating an alias username and attempting to frame someone else.

The child sexual abuse material found on John's devices was sent to the National Child Victim Identification System, managed by the NCMEC, for identification. They identified 88 children whose images were previously identified and reported to NCMEC for cataloging. Those victims live in the United States and various parts of the world. They were notified and allowed to submit victim impact statements to the court. Restitution paid by John will go directly to the victims who requested restitution.

John will remain in custody pending transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ashley Robert and Christopher Kelly prosecuted the 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 U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, local, and tribal resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.