Pedophile Sentenced for Receiving and Distributing Hundreds of Photos and Videos of Child Sexual Abuse

TULSA, Okla. - A pedophile living in Tulsa was sentenced for receiving and distributing hundreds of photos and videos that showed children, toddlers, and infants being sexually abused, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

U.S. District Judge John D. Russell sentenced Devin James Woodis, 34, for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography. Woodis was ordered to serve 240 months imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release. Upon his release, he will be required to register as a sex offender. Judge Russell further ordered Woodis to pay $18,000 in restitution.

The Tulsa Police Department received a CyberTip from the messaging app, Kik, reporting that Woodis was distributing child pornography. After officers executed a search warrant at his home, they found that Woodis was engaging in sexually explicit conversations with several people, including a person he believed to be a 14-year-old minor child. Officers discovered that he used various messaging apps, including Kik, TeleGuard, and Sessions. After reviewing devices collected during the search warrant, officers found 258 photos and 242 videos of children, toddlers, and infants being sexually exploited and abused.

The child sexual abuse material found on Woodis devices was submitted to the National Child Victim Identification System managed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Sixty children were identified from the submitted photos and images. Several of those victims provided victim impact statements to the court. Restitution paid by Woodis will go directly to the child victims identified.

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

The Tulsa Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Robert 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.