Oologah Man Sentenced to More than 16 Years for Child Enticement

TULSA, Okla. - An Oologah man was sentenced today for coercing and enticing a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge Terrance K. Kern sentenced Bradley Andrew Friend, a/k/a Bradley Andrew Schutt, 40, for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. Judge Kern ordered Friend to serve 200 months imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Upon his release, Friend will also be required to register as a sex offender.

In December 2024, Friend was engaging with an undercover agent online. Court records show that Friend discussed extremely graphic conversations about family incest with the agent, believing the undercover agent was an adult man with minor children. Homeland Security Agents found that Friend lived in Oologah. After agreeing to talk with agents, Friend confessed to possessing child pornography and allowed agents to search his cellphone.

Agents found the messages and images sent to the undercover agent. They further discovered that from September 2023 through July 2024, Friend knowingly engaged in messaging with a 16-year-old and enticed the minor victim to produce and share sexually explicit photos. Friend then sent the 16-year-old sexually explicit pictures of himself.

Additionally, Friend admitted to possessing, receiving, and distributing more than 600 images of minor children, some younger than 12, who were engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

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

The Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Todd prosecuted it.

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.