Noah Ashford, 26, of Edmond was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting explicit content from minors online.
Ashford accepted a plea deal in October, KOKH reported. His guilty pleas included six charges: three counts of lewd or indecent proposals to a minor, one count each of possessing obscene material depicting a minor and committing lewd acts with a child, a charge of using technology for sexual communication with a minor and a violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act.
Edmond police arrested Ashford on April 23 after he left his mother's house. That home also served as an in-home daycare, according to police. Edmond Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children detectives worked with the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force for the Western District of Oklahoma to make the arrest, according to KOKH's April report.
Officials said Ashford posed as a juvenile and used Roblox, Instagram, TikTok and Grindr to contact minors and solicit explicit content. Edmond police said he maintained several online profiles and reached victims across five states: Oklahoma, Louisiana, Indiana, Ohio and Massachusetts.
A parent's tip to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana set the investigation in motion. Detectives there tracked the suspect back to Edmond, according to KOKH.
The case report lists three identified victims.
"There are other victims, and we're still working to see if there are possibly even more … unfortunately, this is going on right under parents, right under their roofs," Edmond Police Department spokeswoman Emily Ward said in KOKH's April coverage.
Residents with information about potential victims are asked to contact Detective Sgt. Jason Kushmaul at 405-359-4639.
