The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stephen Patrick Looper, age 69, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced last week to ten months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender.
The charge arose from an investigation by the United States Marshals Service Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force, the Muskogee Police Department, and the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office.
On August 13, 2024, Looper pleaded guilty to one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender.
On September 6, 2002, Looper was convicted of Sexual Performance of a Child by the State of Texas. Looper was advised of the requirement to register as a sex offender and to inform law enforcement of any change in residency.
According to investigators, from January 2024 until July 10, 2024, Looper failed to register as a sex offender despite moving into and living at a residence in Muskogee County, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.
Looper will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Caila M. Cleary and Sarah McAmis represented the United States.
