Howe Residents Plead Guilty To Crimes Relating To Sexual Abuse Of A Minor

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Armondo Joseph Palma, age 22, and Brooklyn Elaine Wilson, age 27, of Howe, Oklahoma, entered guilty pleas related to the sexual abuse of a minor.

Palma entered a plea of guilty to one count of Transportation of a Minor.

Wilson entered a plea of guilty to four counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

The Indictment alleged that in December of 2023, Palma and Wilson knowingly transported an individual under the age of 18 from Oklahoma to Missouri with intent to engage in sexual activity.

The Indictment further alleged that on November 2, 2023, November 9, 2023, December 4, 2023, and March 3, 2024, Wilson knowingly engaged in a sex act with a child under the age of 12 years intending to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, arouse, or gratify sexual desire. Additionally, the Indictment alleged that between about August of 2023 until about April of 2024, Wilson knowingly possessed a visual depiction of a minor under the age of 12 engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The crimes occurred in LeFlore County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

The charges arose from an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, the District 16 District Attorney's Task Force, the Rogers County Sheriff's Office, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, the Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Carl Albert State College Campus Police.

The Honorable D. Edward Snow, 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. Palma and Wilson will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

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