Oklahoma Man Sentenced To 130 Months’ Imprisonment For Enticing A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity

HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Cody Duncan, age 37, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 130 months' imprisonment by United States District Judge Keli M. Neary for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity. Judge Neary also ordered Duncan to serve 10 years on supervised release after he finishes serving his prison term.

According to the Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Duncan pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor on November 13, 2024. Starting in August 2022, Duncan began communicating online with a 13-year-old girl in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, and sent her gifts, including cellphones that she would use to communicate with him. Duncan subsequently traveled to Pennsylvania in April 2023 and had sex with the minor in a local hotel.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police. Assistant United States Attorney Christian T. Haugsby 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 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 https://www.usdoj.gov/psc.

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