By Fox23.com News Staff
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Wagoner County man was sentenced to life in prison for charges related to the sexual abuse of three children.
In Dec. 2024, a federal jury found 48-year-old Richard Leroy Osborn III guilty of eight counts of child sexual abuse.
Osborn was sentenced to life in prison for five counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and one of his counts of Abusive Sexual Contact.
Osborn received a two year sentence for his remaining two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact.
Investigators stated Osborn began sexually abusing three children in 2011.
11 years later, in May 2022, one of Osborn’s victims came forward and reported the abuse to authorities.
During the trial, prosecutors provided the court with evidence they said showed Osborn had sexually abused three underage children.
“It’s heartbreaking when innocent people in our communities are victimized, especially our children,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. “It remains a priority of the United States Attorney’s Office to pursue justice for crime victims. In this case, the defendant, a convicted sex offender, abused three children and the life sentences imposed by the Court are fitting punishments for his heinous crimes.”
In 2005, Osborn was convicted of Rape in the Second Degree and was a convicted sex offender when the abuse was said to have taken place.
