SEQUOYAH COUNTY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE
SEQUOYAH COUNTY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN INDIAN COUNTRY
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joshua Leon Brown, age 35, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country, each punishable by a period of 30 years to life in prison and a fine of $250,000.
The Indictment alleged that beginning in March 2023, and continuing until in or about November 2025, Brown knowingly engaged in sexual acts with a victim who had not attained the age of 12 years.
The crimes occurred in Sequoyah County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The Honorable Jason A. Robertson, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.
A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Brown will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Morgan Muzljakovich and Nicole Paladino represented the United States.
