William Don Woods, 49, of Claremore, was sentenced on April 9 to ten years in prison for accessing child pornography after two previous convictions for similar offenses, according to U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Woods will serve 120 months in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release and must register as a sex offender. The sentencing took place before U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson.
Court records show that Woods was first convicted in 2008 for possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children under twelve years old. He served over seven years in prison and was ordered not to possess any form of pornography upon release. Between 2014 and 2016, he violated his supervised release by viewing prohibited material again.
In a second case from 2017, Woods admitted to watching videos involving the sexual abuse of young children and received another ten-year sentence with additional supervision requirements barring him from viewing or possessing pornography.
Five weeks after his most recent release from prison in fall of last year, authorities found that Woods had once more accessed child sexual abuse material using DuckDuckGo search engine. He pleaded guilty following his indictment in November.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Scaife. It is part of Project Safe Childhood, a Department of Justice initiative started in May 2006 aimed at combating online child exploitation through coordinated efforts among federal, state, local, and tribal agencies.
