Oklahoma man sentenced for abusing 11-year-old child
TULSA, Okla. – A Craig County man who abused scripture to molest an 11-year-old child was sentenced to almost 20 years in federal prison
Oklahoma man convicted of child sex acts used Bible stories to lure victim
U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Lance Douglas Roark, 43, of Bluejacket, to 235 months imprisonment followed by lifetime probation if he is released from prison. Roark will also be required to register as a sex offender and pay $5,000 restitution.
Craig County man accused of raping child facing federal charges
Roark was convicted in January of two child sex crimes involving a minor under 12 years of age in Indian Country.
Roark represented himself during the trial and cross-examined the child. The child testified that Roark described Bible stories and how they could be “free in who they had sex with.” He also showed the pre-teen child pornography and told the child they would win the lottery if she would have sex with him, according to trial testimony.
Roark is a citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and he will remain in custody pending transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
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