A Tulsa resident has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Devin James Woodis, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John D. Russell on charges of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography. After serving his 240-month sentence, Woodis will be under lifetime supervised release and must register as a sex offender. He has also been ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution to the victims.
The investigation began when the Tulsa Police Department received a CyberTip from the messaging application Kik, indicating that Woodis was distributing child pornography. Officers executed a search warrant at his home and discovered he had been engaging in sexually explicit conversations with multiple individuals, including someone he believed was a 14-year-old minor. Authorities found that Woodis used several messaging apps—Kik, TeleGuard, and Sessions—to communicate.
Devices seized during the search contained 258 photos and 242 videos depicting children, toddlers, and infants being sexually abused. The material was submitted to the National Child Victim Identification System operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Sixty children were identified among those depicted in the materials; several provided victim impact statements during court proceedings. The restitution paid by Woodis will go directly to these child victims.
Woodis will remain in custody until he is transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The case was investigated by the Tulsa Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Robert.
“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,” stated officials in the release. “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.” More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at Justice.gov/PSC.
