Cherokee County man found guilty of sexually abusing family member

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Content Warning: The following article contains descriptions of child sex abuse.

Jacob Lance Pritchett, age 32, of Cherokee County, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, announced the The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The jury trial began on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, and concluded on Friday, July 8.

During the trial, the United States presented evidence that over the course of several years, the Pritchett sexually abused a family member multiple times when she was six to nine years old. Evidence was also presented that on one occasion Pritchett sexually abused a different family member when she was in the fifth grade.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma prosecuted the case because the Defendant is a member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe and the crimes occurred in Cherokee County, within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation Reservation and the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Pritchett was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending the imposition of sentencing.

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