Tulsan Sentenced for Two Counts Related to Receiving, Sharing, and Possessing Child Pornography

TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa man was sentenced today for two counts related to possessing, receiving, and sharing child sexual abuse material, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Robert Nicholas Long, 27, for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography. Judge Hill ordered Long to serve 262 months imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release. Upon his release, Long will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Law enforcement received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The investigation revealed that Long was receiving and sharing child sexual abuse material through the application, Discord. Law enforcement served a search warrant on his home and found more than 215 images and one video that showed children being sexually abused. Court records show that many of the files depicted infants, toddlers, and prepubescent minors being sexually exploited by adult males.

Additionally, Agents found messages between Long and minor children where he solicited sexually explicit content and discussed traveling to meet for sex. In one chat, Long coerced a 15-year-old victim to share sexually explicit images and requested to meet in person for sex.

Court records show that in 2016 and 2017, Long was convicted of several counts of indecent exposure after being caught masturbating in public and exposing his penis. He was also convicted in 2024 for failing to register as a sex offender.

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

Homeland Security Investigations and the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shakema Onias prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local 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.