Matthew Ryan Strobl, 34, an Oklahoma City resident, has been handed a lengthy 30-year sentence by the federal court for his crimes involving child pornography. Following an announcement by U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester, the extent of Strobl's infractions became clear, as he was prosecuted for distribution and attempted distribution of child pornography. As per court documents, Strobl engaged an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent on social media, whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, in a string of morally reprehensible communications that included requesting explicit photos and expressing a desire to engage in sexual conduct.
While posing as a child online, the agent reciprocated with Strobl, who had previously been directed to register as a sex offender, this interaction ultimately led to him sending over a thousand child pornography files. Meanwhile, his phone seized by an Oklahoma Department of Corrections probation officer bared yet another attempt by Strobl to elicit explicit images from a different minor on an alternate social networking platform. On December 4, 2023, Strobl submitted a guilty plea, specifically to the fourth count detailed in the Indictment, accepting responsibility for distributing child pornography via his cellphone.
In a recent court proceeding that took place on August 29, U.S. District Judge Jodi W. Dishman delivered Strobl's sentence. As described on the Department of Justice’s website, Judge Dishman took into consideration "the nature and circumstances of Strobl's offense and Strobl’s criminal history" before imposing the three-decade prison term followed by a decade of supervised release.
The severity of Strobl’s most recent offenses is situated against a disquieting backdrop of prior transgressions, which include felony convictions for second degree rape and sexual battery as reflected in public records. Despite the investigations conducted by Homeland Security Investigations and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections leading to this resolution.
