Oklahoma man sentenced to serve more than 27 years in federal prison for producing child pornography

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma man with a previous child-rape conviction was sentenced Tuesday to more than 27 years in federal prison for producing child pornography with a 15-year-old girl with whom he engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Mark A. Yancey, Western District of Oklahoma. This case resulted from a collaborative investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Del City (Oklahoma) Police Department, and the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force.

According to court records, in July 2014, Donnie Ray Schultz, 45, of Del City, Oklahoma, began engaging in sex acts with the then 14-year-old girl, whom he met through a religion class he taught at a Del City church. According to those records, the sex acts occurred between July 2014 and November 2015. The sex acts took place in various locations in the Oklahoma City metroplex, including the church’s parking lot, the child victim’s house, and Schultz’s own house. According to court records, Shultz produced with his iPhone 173 images of sexual acts involving the child.

Schultz was indicted by a federal grand jury Feb. 16. During the April 26 plea hearing before U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron, Schultz admitted that on Sept. 26, 2014, he engaged in sexually explicit conduct with the victim and took photographs with his iPhone.

Schultz faced a higher mandatory-minimum sentence due to his prior Cleveland County, Oklahoma, conviction for second-degree rape, which also involved a 14-year-old girl. In addition to sentencing him Aug. 2 to 327 months in prison, Judge Cauthron also ordered Schultz to pay $4,266.13 in victim restitution.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale, Western District of Oklahoma.

This investigation was conducted under HSI’s Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 14,000 individuals for crimes against children, including the production and distribution of online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking of children. In fiscal year 2015, nearly 2,400 individuals were arrested by HSI special agents under this initiative and more than 1,000 victims identified or rescued.

HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free Tip Line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing its online tip form. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators. From outside the U.S. and Canada, callers should dial 802-872-6199. Hearing impaired users can call TTY 802-872-6196.

Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.

For additional information about wanted suspected child predators, download HSI’s Operation Predator smartphone app or visit the online suspect alerts page.