Hugo Resident Pleads Guilty To Possessing Child Sexual Exploitation Material

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Steven Mark McAnally, age 65, of Hugo, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of possessing certain material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Indictment alleged that in July 2023, McAnally knowingly possessed visual depictions from the internet of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, which McAnally accessed with intent to view.

The charges arose from an investigation by the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, U.S. 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. McAnally was remanded into the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Caila M. Cleary represented the United States.