Bob Wyatt was recently interviewed by the National Law Journal for his expertise in the area of sex crimes and cybercrimes.  The article was published on February 18, 2008.

The FBI has just celebrated 10 years with special cybercrime units like the Innocent Images National Initiative, which has now gone international in scope.  In the past 10 years, the FBI has developed the Computer Intrusion Unit, the Computer Crime Task Force, Cyber Action Teams, IC3 (Internet Criminal Complaint Center), and ECAP (Endangered Child Alert Program).  As a result of these specialized units, the federal goverment has increased the investigative presence on the Internet, investigating more than 15,000 crimes and filing criminal charges or  indicting in more than  6,000 cases which resulted in nearly 4,800 convictions in the past 10 years.

The U.S. government, through the FBI, ICE, Homeland Security, U.S. Postal Inspectors, Secret Service, and other agencies have conducted dozens of invetigations such as Operation Peer Pressure (investigating the use of peer-to-peer computer systems), Operation Bot Roast and Bot Roast II, Operation Candyman (child porn sting), Operation Crying Eyes Eyes (sexual abuse of children and child porn sting).  These federal criminal agencies work closely with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The Wyatt Law Office has represented suspects in some of these operations and many other cyber investigations.  With the proliferation of the Internet, criminal complaints involving cybersex and cyber crime will likely involve allegations of crossing state lines for sexual purposes; possession, distribution or manufacturing of child pornography; and/or lewd or indecent proposals to minors via the World Wide Web (i.e., the "Internet"), bulletin board systems, Internet relay chat, Web-based chat, messengers, electronic mail (e-mail) and Usenet or news groups; lewd molestation or sexual exploitation of minors; promoting prostitution; traveling to engage in sex with a minor, interstate communication to entice a minor to engage in sex, and even trafficking in children for sexual purposes or pornography. 

If you are under investigation or are charged with any of htese crimes, the Wyatt Law Office can help you.

Use of a computer in the commission of sex crimes can lead to greater punishments, particularly in the federal system. With new technology, searches and seizures of computers generally provide law enforcement with concrete evidence that the suspects are dabblers or have immersed themselves in pornography. Because computers store Internet "trails," suspects are often linked to the crime through their Internet or E-mail accounts or "hidden" data on their own computers (even if the materials are thought to have been deleted, shredded or destroyed by the viewer). As the popularity of surfing the Web becomes more prolific, law enforcement will continue to devote more resources to investigation and prosecution of sex and pornography crimes such as: crossing state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity; lewd molestation of minors and kidnapping; making computer generated sexual communications or advances; voyeurism; possession, promotion and production of child pornography; and many other crimes of a sexual nature.

Sex Offender Registry & Registration

The national sex offender registry will be modified significantly based on the ADAM WALSH CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT OF 2006 (PL 109-248 (HR 4472))  passed and signed into law by President George W. Bush.  Watch this site for more information, which will discuss the additional requirements that exceed the current information listed below.

Conviction of these Internet crimes and other typical sex crimes (rape, rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, etc) will generally result in mandatory "sex offender registration" nationally and/or in a given location or state for a period not less than ten (10) years and up to life depending on the circumstances. (See generally, 18 U.S.C. § 4042 for the federal law and 57 Okla. Stat. §§ 581-589 for Oklahoma's sex offender registration statutes). Because pornography crimes involving children under 18 (and in some cases under 16 years old) are generally defined by law as "violent" crimes, those convicted are punished severely; even first-time offenders often find themselves serving time in higher security prison facilities with hardened criminals. In many cases, law enforcement may attempt to forfeit computers, scanners, video or other cameras, VCRs, TVs, DVDs and other paraphernalia related to pornography, so you also need counsel familiar with forfeiture actions.

Persons charged with sex or pornography crimes need experienced counsel. The Wyatt Law Office regularly represents those charged with sex and pornography crimes. Since October 2001, the Wyatt Law Office has represented more than 25 persons charged with either state or federal sex or pornography crimes.

The Wyatt Law Office is located in the State's capital of Oklahoma City,  which is situated in the middle of the state. Wyatt's  office is just two blocks from the federal courthouse and four blocks from the Oklahoma County courthouse.  We are less than 10 minutes from the State's appellate courts which are housed in the State Capitol complex. For federal criminal matters outside of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City offers easy connections to most major cities and both coasts from the Will Rogers World Airport. We also have good relations with lawyers statewide so that we can work in almost any venue in Oklahoma.

Mr. Wyatt is licensed in all of Oklahoma's federal courts including U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City), U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa), and U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee).

Some of the cities served by the Wyatt Law Office in Oklahoma include: Ada, Altus, Alva, Anadarko, Antlers, Arapaho, Ardmore, Arnett, Atoka, Bartlesville, Beaver, Blackwell, Boise City, Broken Arrow, Buffalo, Chandler, Checotah, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasha, Choctaw, Claremore, Clinton, Coalgate, Cordell, Duncan, Durant, Edmond, El Reno, Elk City, Enid, Eufaula, Fairview, Frederick, Ft. Sill, Guthrie, Guymon, Hobart, Holdenville, Hollis, Hugo, Idabel, Jay, Kingfisher, Lawton, Madill, Mangum, Marietta, McAlester, Medford, Miami, Midwest City, Moore, Muskogee, Mustang, Newcastle, Newkirk, Nichols Hills, Norman (University of Oklahoma), Nowata, Okemah, Oklahoma City, Okmulgee, Pauls Valley, Pawhuska, Pawnee, Perry, Ponca City, Poteau, Pryor, Purcell, Sallisaw, Sapulpa, Sayre, Seminole, Shawnee, Stigler, Stillwater (Oklahoma State University), Stillwell, Sulphur, Tahlequah, Taloga, Thackerville, The Village, Tinker AFB (Air Force Base), Tishomingo, Tulsa, Vance AFB, Vinita, Wagoner, Walters, Warner, Warr Acres, Watonga, Waurika, Weatherford, Wewoka, Wilburton, Woodward, and Yukon.