Full Notification

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
MAYES COUNTY, Okla. (January 16, 2023) - Special Agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC), with assistance from Special Agents with the United State Department of Homeland Security Investigations - Tulsa (HSI), arrested Paul Harley Cook on charges related to child pornography. The arrest was made on January 13, 2023, after OSBI ICAC and HSI Agents executed a search warrant at Cook’s residence located on Sunset Drive near Langley, Oklahoma.
 
The investigation into Cook began on December 23, 2022, when ICAC Agents received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that child pornography had been uploaded to a social media platform. The investigation revealed that the IP address from the uploaded content was associated with Cook.  An arrest warrant was issued for the following charges: 

• Count 1: Distribution of Child Pornography
• Count 2: Possession of Child Pornography
• Count 3: Violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act.

Cook was arrested without incident transported to the Mayes County Jail.
 
Additional charges are pending.
 
OSBI would like to thank HSI-Tulsa and the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) Police Department for their assistance with this investigation.
 
***A booking photo of Cook is attached.