Ardmore Resident Pleads Guilty To Possessing Child Sexual Exploitation Material

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Colin Reece Neher, age 22, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Indictment alleged that beginning in or about February 2022, and continuing until on or about May 21, 2026, Neher knowingly possessed and accessed with intent to view one or more matters which contained visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Honorable Gerald L. Jackson, 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.

A U.S. District Court Judge will determine the sentence to be imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Neher was remanded into the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Morgan Muzljakovich and Nicole Paladino represented the United States.